Abstract:Objective To investigate the predictive effect of serum CRP on anastomotic leakage after laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer. Methods From January 2014 to February 2018, 141 patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery in our hospital were divided into observation group and control group according to whether there was anastomotic leakage after laparoscopic surgery. The patients were set as the observation group, and 119 patients without anastomotic leakage were set as the control group. The changes and trends of serum CRP levels in the two groups before and 7 days after surgery were observed and recorded. The differences were compared and analyzed. Results There were differences in serum CRP between the observation group and the control group at different time points (F = 116.970, P = 0.000); there was a difference between the experimental group and the control group (F = 241.717, P = 0.000); there was a difference in the trend of serum CRP in the control group (F = 32.776, P = 0.000), which was significant (P < 0.05); there was a difference in serum CRP between the two groups in the preventive stoma group and the non-prophylactic stoma group (F = 28.057, P = 0.000); there was no difference in serum CRP between the two groups (F = 0.009, P = 0.927), and there was no difference in the trend of serum CRP (F = 0.029, P = 0.993). There was a difference in serum CRP between the low and high groups (F = 22.473, P = 0.000); there was no difference in serum CRP between the two groups (F = 0.197, P = 0.662); there was no difference in the trend of serum CRP (F = 0.017, P = 0.997). After 3 days, the area under the ROC curve was the largest, reaching 0.902 (95% CI: 0.613, 1.000); the critical point of serum CRP was 80.13 mg/L, and the sensitivity of predicting anastomotic leakage was 0.821 (95% CI: 0.648, 0.994), the specificity was 0.859 (95% CI: 0.733, 0.985). Conclusion Patients with rectal cancer can predict the occurrence of anastomotic leakage through urinary CRP levels after laparoscopic surgery.