Intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy increases the incidence of anastomotic leakage after anterior resection of rectal tumors

Figure 1 Images of anastomotic leakage. A: Pelvic computed tomography image showing hydrops and pneumatosis around the anastomotic stoma (the circle with high density in the figure); B: Endoscopic image showing the defect of anastomotic stoma.

Figure 2 Overall survival and disease-free survival rates in the chemotherapy group and control group.