Low anterior resection syndrome

TY - CHAP

T1 - Low anterior resection syndrome

AU - Emmertsen, Katrine J.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021. All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/11/16

Y1 - 2020/11/16

N2 - With increasing overall survival of rectal cancer, quality of life (QoL) and functional outcome (FO) gain importance. Sphincter preserving surgery with anterior resection has been the standard surgical treatment for mid and high rectal tumors in the past decades, whereas low tumors traditionally have resulted in abdominoperineal excisions. However, sphincter preservation often comes at the cost of bowel dysfunction, typically referred to as Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS). This chapter will cover symptoms, occurrence, risk factors, pathophysiology and treatment of LARS.

AB - With increasing overall survival of rectal cancer, quality of life (QoL) and functional outcome (FO) gain importance. Sphincter preserving surgery with anterior resection has been the standard surgical treatment for mid and high rectal tumors in the past decades, whereas low tumors traditionally have resulted in abdominoperineal excisions. However, sphincter preservation often comes at the cost of bowel dysfunction, typically referred to as Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS). This chapter will cover symptoms, occurrence, risk factors, pathophysiology and treatment of LARS.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85149432951&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-58846-5_15

DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-58846-5_15

M3 - Book chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85149432951

SN - 9783030588458

SP - 133

EP - 139

BT - Multidisciplinary Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

PB - Springer International Publishing

ER -