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Effectiveness and Validation of the Italian Translation of the Low Anterior Resection Syndrome Score in an Italian High-Volume University Hospital

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
BackgroundThe low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) score is a validated questionnaire developed in Denmark to measure the severity of bowel dysfunction after low anterior resection. This retrospective study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the LARS
Veronica De Simone, Francesco Litta, Roberto Persiani, Gianluca Rizzo, Luigi Sofo, Roberta Menghi, Francesco Santullo, Alberto Biondi, Claudio Coco, Franco Sacchetti, Fabio Longo, Miriam Attalla El Halabieh, Rossana Moroni, Carlo Ratto   +13 more
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Validation of the Moroccan arabic version of the low anterior resection syndrome score

BMC Gastroenterology, 2020
Background Sphincter sparing surgery is oftentimes associated with bowel dysfunction complaints, namely the low anterior resection syndrome (LARS). The LARS questionnaire is widely used to assess this syndrome.
Hajar Essangri, Mohammed Anass Majbar, Amine Benkabbou, Laila Amrani, Raouf Mohsine, Amine Souadka   +5 more
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Predicting sinusoidal obstruction syndrome after allogeneic stem cell transplantation with the EASIX biomarker panel [PDF]

, 2020
No biomarker panel is established for prediction of sinusoidal obstruction syndrome/veno-occlusive disease (SOS/VOD), a major complication of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT).
Blau, Igor W., Bullinger, Lars, Dreger, Peter, Jiang, Sihe, Luft, Thomas, Majer-Lauterbach, Joshua, Müller-Tidow, Carsten, Penack, Olaf, Radujkovic, Aleksandar, Schult, David, Terzer, Tobias   +10 more
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Temporal Changes of Low Anterior Resection Syndrome Score after Sphincter Preservation: A Prospective Cohort Study on Repetitive Assessment of Rectal Cancer Patients

Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2022
Background: There is a relative shortage of studies directly addressing the postoperative rectal cancer patients’ evacuatory dysfunction, as estimated by the low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) score at repeated assessment time-points.
George E. Theodoropoulos, Artemis Liapi, Basileios G. Spyropoulos, Eleni Kourkouni, Maximos Frountzas, George Zografos   +5 more
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Validation of the Vietnamese version of the low anterior resection syndrome score questionnaire [PDF]

Annals of Coloproctology
Purpose The aim of this study was to validate the low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) score questionnaire in the Vietnamese language among Vietnamese patients who underwent sphincter-preserving surgery for rectal cancer.
Tuong-Anh Mai-Phan, Vu Quang Pham
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Risk factors associated with low anterior resection syndrome: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Annals of Coloproctology, 2023
Purpose Oncological outcomes following rectal cancer surgery have improved significantly over recent decades with lower recurrences and longer overall survival. However, many of the patients experienced low anterior resection syndrome (LARS).
See Liang Lim, Wan Zainira Wan Zain, Zalina Zahari, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria, Mohd Nizam Md Hashim, Michael Pak-Kai Wong, Zaidi Zakaria, Rosnelifaizur Ramely, Ahmad Shanwani Mohamed Sidek   +8 more
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Sparse Conformal Predictors [PDF]

, 2009
Conformal predictors, introduced by Vovk et al. (2005), serve to build prediction intervals by exploiting a notion of conformity of the new data point with previously observed data.
Hebiri, Mohamed
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The impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on low anterior resection syndrome after rectal cancer resection: A 6 Months longitudinal follow-up

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2021
Summary: Background/objective: Neoadjuvant radiotherapy plays a vital role in rectal cancer treatment, but impairs postoperative bowel function, leading to low anterior resection syndrome (LARS).
Qiulu Zhang, Limin An, Ruixuan Yu, Jing Peng, Kexin Yu, Mingjun Huang, Li Li, Xiaodong Wang   +7 more
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Structured variable selection and estimation [PDF]

, 2009
In linear regression problems with related predictors, it is desirable to do variable selection and estimation by maintaining the hierarchical or structural relationships among predictors.
Joseph, V. Roshan, Yuan, Ming, Zou, Hui
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A General Family of Penalties for Combining Differing Types of Penalties in Generalized Structured Models [PDF]

, 2013
Penalized estimation has become an established tool for regularization and model selection in regression models. A variety of penalties with specific features are available and effective algorithms for specific penalties have been proposed.
Oelker, Margret-Ruth, Tutz, Gerhard
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