Rajiv Gandhi university of health sciences,

Rullier E, Laurent C et al at University of Bordeaux, France did a study from 1980-95 on 272 anterior resections and anastomoses for rectal cancers and found out that male sex and level of anastomoses were independent risk factors for anastomotic leak and obesity contributed for leak and anastomotic leak contributed for 6-22% mortality[8] ................
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