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Case Report: Sufficient pelvic floor muscle function can retain acceptable postoperative defecation function after in-situ anal reconstruction surgery in patients with ultra-low rectal/anal cancer

Frontiers in Surgery
BackgroundPatients with ultra-low rectal cancer/anal canal cancer generally undergo abdominoperineal resection with sigmoid colostomy. Patients commonly experience poor quality of life postoperatively, often feeling that their dignity is compromised ...
Li Lin, Yihui Lei, Yihui Lei, Guoyan Liu, Guoyan Liu, Guoyan Liu   +5 more
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Gut microbiome associated with low anterior resection syndrome after rectal cancer surgery

Scientific Reports, 2023
This study aimed to assess the likely association of gut microbiome with low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) symptoms. Postoperative stool samples from patients with minor or major LARS after sphincter-preserving surgery (SPS) for rectal cancer were ...
Min Jung Kim, Soyoung Park, Ji Won Park, Jinsun Choi, Hyo Jun Kim, Han-Ki Lim, Seung-Bum Ryoo, Kyu Joo Park, Yosep Ji, Seung-Yong Jeong   +9 more
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173 - SACRAL NEUROMODULATION IN LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION SYNDROME (LARS)

Continence
Hypothesis / aims of study: Sacral neuromodulation (SNM) is a good treatment option for alleviating bowel and bladder symptoms in patients with low anterior resection syndrome (LARS).
U Kogovsek, M Rotar
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Can the POLARS tool accurately predict low anterior resection syndrome in rectal cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic resection?

Archives of Medical Science, 2019
Introduction Radical rectal cancer resection can lead to a long-term bowel function impairment known as low anterior resection syndrome (LARS). It remains unclear how to determine which patients are at a higher risk of developing LARS post-surgery.
Paweł Bogacki, Jan Krzak, Tomasz Gach, Wojciech Szwed, Mirosław Szura   +4 more
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Lumbar ganglion cyst: Nosology, surgical management and proposal of a new classification based on 34 personal cases and literature review [PDF]

, 2017
AIM To analyze different terms used in literature to identify lumbar extradural cysts and propose a common scientific terminology; to elaborate a new morphological classification of this pathology, useful for clinical and surgical purposes; and to ...
Delfini, Roberto, Domenicucci, Maurizio, Marruzzo, Daniele, Miscusi, Massimo, Missori, Paolo, Ramieri, Alessandro, Tarantino, Roberto   +6 more
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Thymoma with Myasthenia Gravis in Adolescent [PDF]

, 2011
Thymomas are exceedingly rare in the first 20 years of life, Thymic lesions comprise approximately 2–3% of all pediatric mediastinal tumors and include thymic cysts, hyperplasia, carcinoma, and thymomas.
Balaiah, K, Nayak, Ganesh, Shetty, Prasad K, Shetty, Prasanna K   +3 more
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Structural imaging biomarkers of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. [PDF]

, 2015
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy is a major cause of premature death in people with epilepsy. We aimed to assess whether structural changes potentially attributable to sudden death pathogenesis were present on magnetic resonance imaging in people who ...
Balestrini, Simona, Diehl, Beate, Duncan, John S, Harper, Ronald M, Koepp, Matthias, Lhatoo, Samden, Micallef, Caroline, Sander, Josemir W, Scott, Catherine, Sisodiya, Sanjay M, Thom, Maria, Vos, Sjoerd B, Wandschneider, Britta   +12 more
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How Should the Low Anterior Resection Syndrome Score Be Interpreted? [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Bowel dysfunction after low anterior resection is often assessed by determining the low anterior resection syndrome score. What is unknown, however, is whether this syndrome is already present in the general population and which nonsurgical ...
Al-Saidi, Aia M. A., Broens, Paul M. A., Hofker, Sijbrand, Trzpis, Monika, Verkuijl, Sanne J.   +4 more
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Validation of Portuguese version of the low anterior resection syndrome score

Journal of Coloproctology, 2019
Objective: The authors aim to perform a thorough translation with cultural adaptation of the patient reported outcome tool, Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS) Score, to the Portuguese language (LARS-PT) in the Portuguese population with rectal cancer,
Nuno José Rama, Pedro Lopes Ferreira, João Pimentel, Therese Juul   +3 more
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The role of the cerebellum in unconsciuos and conscious processing of emotions: a review [PDF]

, 2017
Studies from the past three decades have demonstrated that there is cerebellar involvement in the emotional domain. Emotional processing in humans requires both unconscious and conscious mechanisms.
Clausi, Silvia, Iacobacci, Claudia, Leggio, Maria, Lupo, Michela, Molinari, Marco, Olivito, Giusy   +5 more
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