Research Article

Nomogram Prediction of Anastomotic Leakage and Determination of an Effective Surgical Strategy for Reducing Anastomotic Leakage after Laparoscopic Rectal Cancer Surgery

Figure 1

A nomogram for predicting postoperative anastomotic leakage after laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery. To use the nomogram, we first drew a vertical line to the top “Points” row to assign points for each variable. Then, we summed the total points and drew vertical line from the “Total points” row to obtain the probability of anastomotic leak.