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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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Effects of Preoperative Radiotherapy on Long-Term Bowel Function in Patients With Rectal Cancer Treated With Anterior Resection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, 2022
Background: Anterior resection is a common surgical approach used in rectal cancer surgery; however, this procedure is known to cause bowel injury and dysfunction. Neoadjuvant therapy is widely used in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.
Zongyu Liang MM, Zhaojun Zhang MM, Deqing Wu MD, Chengzhi Huang MM, Xin Chen MM, Weixian Hu MM, Junjiang Wang MD, Xingyu Feng MD, Xueqing Yao PhD, MD   +8 more
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Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS)

Rectal cancer surgery has undergone significant advancements, with a shift towards sphincter-sparing operations due to improved surgical techniques and neoadjuvant treatments. However, this has given rise to low anterior resection syndrome (LARS), characterised by various bowel functional abnormalities adversely impacting patients’ quality of life ...
Sotirios-Georgios Popeskou, Dimitrios Christoforidis   +1 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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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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The effect of ileostomy closure timing on low anterior resection syndrome in patient who underwent low anterior resection for rectal cancer

Kurdistan Journal of Applied Research, 2021
This is a multi-center retrospective study of patients underwent low anterior resection for rectal cancer. Ileostomy had been done to protect low lying Colo-rectal anastomosis, closure of ileostomy had been delayed in some patients due to patient own ...
Hemn Hussain Kaka Ali, Qalandar Hussein Abdulkarim, Karzan Seerwan, Barham M. M .Salih, Omar H Ghalib Hawramy, Dara Ahmed Mohammed, Syamand Orhaman Ahmed   +6 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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LARS-like symptoms in the general population may suggest the significance of postoperative functional problems and emotional implications of rectal surgery [PDF]

, 2019
Background & Aim. Sphincter-saving rectal surgery is prone to cause changes in bowel function associated with Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS). Our aim was to assess LARS-like symptoms within a population of 50-80-year old in order to understand ...
Axinia, Iulia, Baciu, Iustina, Bujor, Narcis, Crudu, Andreea, Diaconu, Anca, Dimofte, Mihail G, Frunza, Tudor-Cristian, Hulubencu, Andreea, Jalobceastai, Ioana, Livenschi, Lucia F, Lunca, Sorinel, Mocanu, Cezar V, Nicolaiev, Claudiu A, Tibirna, Malina, Valasciu, Emilia   +14 more
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Coding the issue: low anterior resection syndrome following rectal cancer treatment [PDF]

Frontiers in Surgery
Cameron N. Fick, Samantha M. Linhares, Kurt S. Schultz, Andrew C. Esposito, Nathan A. Coppersmith, Haddon J. Pantel, Vikram B. Reddy, Ira L. Leeds, Anne K. Mongiu   +8 more
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Validation of low anterior resection syndrome score in Brazil with Portuguese [PDF]

Annals of Coloproctology, 2023
Purpose This study was performed to investigate the convergent validity, discriminative validity, and reliability of the Brazilian version of the low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) score in a population with low educational and socioeconomic levels ...
Kelly C.L.R. Buzatti, Andy Petroianu, Søren Laurberg, Rodrigo G. Silva, Beatriz D.S. Rodrigues, Peter Christensen, Antonio Lacerda-Filho, Therese Juul   +7 more
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