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SUBMITTER: Pisarska M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5945534 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pisarska Magdalena M Gajewska Natalia N Małczak Piotr P Wysocki Michał M Witowski Jan J Torbicz Grzegorz G Major Piotr P Mizera Magdalena M Dembiński Marcin M Migaczewski Marcin M Budzyński Andrzej A Pędziwiatr Michał M
Oncotarget 20180417 29
<h4>Objectives</h4>The role of a defunctioning ileostomy in every anterior rectal resection with total mesorectal excision (TME) is still controversial. In this study, we aimed to review the current literature to determine the impact of ileostomy creation on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing anterior rectal resection with TME.<h4>Methods</h4>MEDLINE, Embase and Cochrane Library were searched for eligible studies. We analyzed data up to October 2017. Eligible studies had to compare pa ...[more]