2024
DOI: 10.3393/ac.2022.01067.0152
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Long-term bowel functional outcomes following anal sphincter-preserving surgery for upper and middle rectal cancer: a single-center longitudinal study

Ahmad Sakr,
Seung Yoon Yang,
Min Soo Cho
et al.

Abstract: Purpose: Despite advances in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and anal sphincter-preserving surgery for rectal cancer, bowel dysfunction is still unavoidable and negatively affects patients’ quality of life. In this longitudinal study, we aimed to investigate the changes in bowel function with follow-up time and the effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy on bowel function following low anterior resection for rectal cancer.Methods: In this study, 171 patients with upper or middle rectal cancer who underwent low a… Show more

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