Outcomes of the patients with bucket handle injury
| Variable | Anastomotic leak (n=33) mean±SD/ n (%) | No leak (n=372) mean±SD/ n (%) | p-value |
| SSI* | 7 (13.04) | 21 (5.31) | 0.004 |
| Organ space infection* | 22 (65.22) | 45 (11.70) | <0.001 |
| LOS† | 12.5 (13.75) | 11 (17) | 0.512 |
| ICU† | 4 (8.02) | 4 (11) | 0.625 |
| Ventilator days† | 2 (4) | 2 (6) | 0.692 |
| Discharged with Ostomy | 23 (69.70) | 27 (7.34) | <0.001 |
| Ostomy reversed‡ | 11 (47.83) | 17 (62.96) | 0.430 |
| Readmission* | 15 (48.39) | 32 (9.09) | <0.001 |
| Reoperation | 13 (39.39) | 43 (11.59) | <0.001 |
| Mortality* | 2 (6.06) | 20 (5.38) | 0.698 |
*Fisher’s exact test.
†Non-parametric Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used expressed with median and IQR in parenthesis.
‡only few reports were available on information on ostomy reversal.
BE, Base Excess; DCS, Damage Control Surgery; Hb, Hemoglobin; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; LOS, Length of Stay; SSI, Surgical Site Infection; WBC, White Blood Cells.