Postoperative success rate
sepsis, Anastomotic stricture
SEPSIS
The incidence of successful reconstruction was statistically significantly lower in group A (80.9%) compared with groups B (92.4%) and C (91.6%), which subsequently reflected in the incidence of re-intervention that was statistically significantly higher in group A (34.8%) compared with groups B (18.1%) and C (20.5%). No statistically significant differences existed between groups B and C. Anastomotic stricture and leak were the common causes of re-intervention in all groups. The number of unplanned readmissions and interventions was statistically significantly higher in group C compared with groups A and B, while there were no statistically significant differences between groups A and B (Table Postoperative success, re-interventions, and admissions.Bold numerals indicate a statistically significant difference.

Patients who underwent early reconstruction with sepsis control had a median time to re-intervention of 34 (95% CI, 13.7–54.3) months. This was nearly equal to patients who underwent delayed reconstruction 33 (95% CI, 8.8–57.2) months. Both groups have a median time to re-intervention longer than patients who underwent early reconstruction without sepsis control 6 (95% CI, 0.5–11.4) months. The survival distributions for the three groups were statistically significantly different XTime to re-intervention survival analysis.