Research Article
Hartmann’s Reversal: Controversies of a Challenging Operation
Table 1
Demographic data for glove port and open approach. Combined and converted operations were excluded.
| | | Glove port (n = 35) | Open (n = 64) | |
| | Age (median) | 61.1 (48.2–73.3) | 60.2 (50.8–67.3) | 0.485 | | Sex (male) | 20 (57) | 32 (50) | 0.463 | | ASA | | | 0.983 | | 1 | 4 | 13 | — | | 2 | 26 | 36 | — | | 3 | 5 | 15 | — | | Indication | | | | | Cancer | 9 | 14 | — | | Diverticulitis | 19 | 32 | — | | Crohn’s disease | 0 | 3 | — | | Iatrogenic | 5 | 11 | — | | Trauma | 1 | 2 | — | | Volvulus | 0 | 2 | — | | Thrombosis | 1 | 0 | — | | Inflammatory | 25 (71.4%) | 44 (68.8%) | 0.782 | | Emergency | 31 (88.6%) | 49 (76.6%) | 0.147 | | Time to reversal (months) | 11.5 (8–17) | 11 (8–18) | 0.582 | | Adhesions 0/1 | 18 (51.4%) | 53 (82.8%) | 0.001 | | Length of rectal stump | | | 0.087 | | Long | 30 | 45 | — | | Short | 5 | 19 | — | | Operation time (min) | 165 (125–210) | 165 (130–210) | 0.901 | | Protective loop ileostomy | 1 | 8 | 0.153 | | Complications ( CD2) | 7 (20%) | 18 (28.1%) | 0.471 | | Complications ( CD3) | 5 (14.3%) | 4 (6.3%) | 0.272 | | Reoperation | 3 (8.6%) | 2 (3.1%) | 0.342 | | Mortality | 0 | 1 (1.6%) | 0.871 |
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