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The role of colonic motility in low anterior resection syndrome

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) describes the symptoms and experiences of bowel dysfunction experienced by patients after rectal cancer surgery.
Chris Varghese, Cameron I. Wells, Cameron I. Wells, Ian P. Bissett, Ian P. Bissett, Gregory O’Grady, Celia Keane, Celia Keane   +7 more
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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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Subacute Splenic Flexure Volvulus following Low Anterior Resection

World Journal of Colorectal Surgery, 2022
Splenic flexure volvulus is a rare cause of large bowel obstruction. Patients often present in a delayed fashion after the onset of peritonitis and require emergent surgical exploration.
Jessica A. Chin, Maria A. Rojas, Jan P. Kaminski, Joaquin J. Estrada   +3 more
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Transanal intersphincteric approach combined with Kangfuxin enema for treating anastomotic leakage after low anterior resection: Three case reports. [PDF]

World J Gastrointest Surg
Li H, Huang HB, Xiang T, Yang L, Furnée EJB, Sun G, Chen WB.   +6 more
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Risk Factors for Anastomotic Leakage after Low Anterior Resection [PDF]

Folia Medica, 2020
Introduction: Low anterior resection (LAR) is a standard surgical procedure for distal rectal carcinoma that allows creation of a colorectal anastomosis, with anal sphincter preservation and permanent colostomy avoidance.
Gancho G. Kostov, Rossen S, Dimov, Daniela D. Almeida   +2 more
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Abdominoperineal resection does not decrease quality of life in patients with low rectal cancer

Clinics, 2011
PURPOSE: Issues related to body image and a permanent stoma after abdominoperineal resection may decrease quality of life in rectal cancer patients. However, specific problems associated with a low anastomosis may similarly affect quality of life for ...
Luiz Felipe de Campos-Lobato, Patricia Cristina Alves-Ferreira, Ian C. Lavery, Ravi P Kiran   +3 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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SIDE-TO-END ANASTOMOSIS IN LOW ANTERIOR RECTAL RESECTION

Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2015
The authors have launched a prospective randomized study aimed to make a comparison of functional results of formation of straight coloanal (control group) and side-to end (main group) anastomosis in case of low anterior rectal resection since 2012. Each
Yu. A. Shelygin, A. S. Budtuev, D. Yu. Pikunov, E. G. Rybakov, O. Yu. Fomenko, S. I. Sevost’Yanov   +5 more
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LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION FOR DISTAL RECTAL CANCER

Žurnal Grodnenskogo Gosudarstvennogo Medicinskogo Universiteta, 2019
The classical approach to radical surgery of cancer of the lower rectal ampulla requires abdominoperineal resection which is technically easy to perform and is often applied in surgical units, however the procedure leads to life-long disability.
Karavai A. V., Bialiayeu A. I., Huzayeuski Yu. N., Salmin R. M.   +3 more
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Potential Impact of Probiotics on Low Anterior Resection Syndrome: An Emerging Area of Research [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 2023
The worldwide age-standardized incidence and mortality rates of rectal cancer are estimated to be 7.6 and 3.3 per 100,000, respectively.
Sara Shojaei-Zarghani, Ali Reza Safarpour, Alimohammad Bananzadeh   +2 more
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