Beyond the Expected Postoperative Period: Are We Underdiagnosing Low Anterior Resection Syndrome?

J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Nov;27(11):2586-2588. doi: 10.1007/s11605-023-05767-w. Epub 2023 Jul 19.

Authors

Ana Sofia Ore¹, Carolina Vigna², Rodrigo Arean-Sanz², Jeanne F Quinn², Kristen Crowell², Anne Fabrizio², Evangelos Messaris²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery , Department of Surgery - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. aore@bidmc.harvard.edu.
² Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery , Department of Surgery - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.

PMID: 37468734
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-023-05767-w

No abstract available

Keywords: Low anterior resection; Low anterior resection syndrome; Quality of life.

MeSH terms

Colectomy
Humans
Low Anterior Resection Syndrome*
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Quality of Life
Rectal Neoplasms* / surgery