Prophylactic Pelvic Drainage of Extraperitoneal Rectal Anastomoses: A Friend or a Foe?

Cureus · 2025 · PMC12151310 · PMID 40497183

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

reported higher incidence of PBO in the drain group (10%) than that in the no-drain group (3%), a difference though that did not reach statistical significance (p-value not mentioned).

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