Aggregated 1-year complication rates and health-related quality of life after reconstructive surgery for rectal cancer with or without diverting stoma (Norwegian Stoma Trial): a protocol for national multicentre, open-label, prospective cohort study

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway.
• ² Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
• ³ Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
• ⁴ Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
• ⁵ Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.