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Major low anterior resection syndrome has equivalent health-related quality of life implications as having a permanent colostomy.

S KoneruL Builth-SnoadM J F X RickardA KeshavaP H ChapuisKheng-Seong Ng
Published in: Techniques in coloproctology (2023)
Postoperative bowel dysfunction significantly impacts health-related quality of life. Patients with 'major LARS' have health-related quality of life as poor as those following APR. This requires consideration when counselling patients on postoperative health-related quality of life, especially where poor postoperative bowel function is anticipated following restorative surgery.
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