PTH-285 Anastomotic leaks after malignant colorectal surgery: a single centre experience

Introduction Anastomotic leakage is a serious adverse event and is reported to occur in Method This is a retrospective study carried out at Macclesfield District General Hospital since 2008. Descriptive demography and post-operative features were collected for all malignant colorectal resections. Results See Table 1 Conclusion Anastomotic leaks occurred in 5.1% of malignant colorectal rectal resections, 65.1% in males, 67.5% occurred in the left colon, whereas surgical intervention was carried out in 51.2% cases. Despite a prolonged hospital stay (p Disclosure of interest None Declared.