Physiological changes after colorectal surgery suggest that anastomotic leakage is an early event: a retrospective cohort study.
Adam T StearnsF LiccardoK-N TanE SivrikozO AzizJ T JenkinsR H KennedyPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2019)
Physiological and biochemical changes associated with AL happen very early postoperatively, suggesting that AL may occur within 36 h after surgery, despite much later clinical detection.