%0 Journal Article %T Prospective study on the safety and feasibility of early ileostomy closure 2 weeks after lower anterior resection for rectal cancer %A Hyung Ook Kim %A Ji Yeon Kim %A Jin Soo Kim %A Kyung Ha Lee %J Archive of "Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research". %D 2019 %R 10.4174/astr.2019.96.1.41 %X Transient loop ileostomies in rectal cancer surgery are generally closed after 2 or more months to allow adequate time for anastomotic healing. Maintaining the ileostomy may cause medical, surgical, or psychological complications; it also reduces the quality of life, and increase treatment costs. We performed this study to evaluate the safety and feasibility of early ileostomy closure 2 weeks postoperatively %K Ileostomy %K Feasibility studies %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306500/