The efficacy of ileostomy after laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery: a meta-analysis

Protective ileostomy is always applied to avoid clinically significant anastomotic leakage and other postoperative complications for patients receiving laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery. However, whether it is necessary to perform the ileostomy is still controversial. This meta-analysis aims to analyze the efficacy of ileostomy on laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery.Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Web of Science, and PubMed were applied for systematic...