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Methods: A total of 188 patients who underwent primary ileocolic anastomosis after elective CRC surgery in Braga\u2019s Hospital from November of 2018 to February of 2022 were included. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was carried out to identify independent risk factors for AL. Results: AL occurred in 13 patients (6.9%), and about three-fourths of these patients required surgical re-intervention. The mortality rate was 5.3%. Diabetes mellitus, ASA score of \u22653, laparotomy or conversion to laparotomy approach, postoperative blood transfusion, and postoperative hypoalbuminemia were associated with an increased risk of AL. In the multivariable analysis, postoperative hypoalbuminemia (p = 0.018; OR: 0.281; CI: 0.098; 0.806) and shorter operating time (p = 0.038; OR: 0.985; CI: 0.972; 0.999) were independent risk factors for AL. Conclusions: Postoperative hypoalbuminemia and shorter operating time are independent risk factors for AL after ileocolic anastomosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/gidisord5020022","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,13]],"date-time":"2023-06-13T03:28:54Z","timestamp":1686626934000},"page":"273-286","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Ileocolic Anastomosis Dehiscence in Colorectal Cancer Surgery"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Sara Lima","family":"Gomes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6022-4132","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pedro Miguel Dias dos","family":"Santos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Torres Vedras\u2019s Hospital, Internship in General Surgery at Braga\u2019s Hospital, 2560-295 Torres Vedras, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Joaquim","family":"Costa Pereira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery at Braga\u2019s Hospital, 4710-243 Braga, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3526-3199","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sandra F.","family":"Martins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Life and Health Science Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal"},{"name":"Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS)\/3B\u2019s-PT Government Associate Laboratory, 4806-909 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"},{"name":"Coloproctology Unit, Braga\u2019s Hospital, 4710-243 Braga, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"412","DOI":"10.5455\/medarh.2019.73.412-414","article-title":"Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatment, our Experience","volume":"73","author":"Salibasic","year":"2019","journal-title":"Med. 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