Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS) after Surgery for Rectal Cancer: An Inevitable Price to Pay for Survival, or a Preventable Complication?

Edoardo Maria MuttilloAlice La FrancaAlessandro Coppola Francesco Saverio Li CausiMarzia ChecchelaniAlice CeccacciGiorgio CastagnolaGiovanni Maria Garbarino Mattia Falchetto OstiGenoveffa BalducciPaolo Mercantini

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)

bold LARS affects a considerable portion of patients. This study identified potential predictive factors that could be useful to identify high risk patients for LARS.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
rectal cancer
chronic kidney disease
risk assessment
patient reported outcomes
locally advanced
free survival
electronic health record