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 NgPublished 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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- ejection fraction
- minimally invasive
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- oxidative stress
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery bypass
- case report
- hepatitis c virus
- atrial fibrillation
- human immunodeficiency virus
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- antiretroviral therapy