Publications by authors named "E Espin Basany"
Preoperative oral antibiotics in colon surgery - Authors' reply.
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol
September 2020
Article Synopsis
- Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) is a functional disorder that often affects women after rectal surgery, specifically studied here in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).
- A multi-center analysis of 125 female patients (56 with EOC and 69 with rectal cancer) found similar rates of LARS between the two groups post-surgery, with 30.4% reporting bowel dysfunction.
- The study concludes that LARS is common but underreported in EOC patients, and its functional outcomes are comparable to those of female rectal cancer patients who did not undergo radiotherapy.
Background: Low anterior resection syndrome is pragmatically defined as disordered bowel function after rectal resection leading to a detriment in quality of life. This broad characterization does not allow for precise estimates of prevalence. The low anterior resection syndrome score was designed as a simple tool for clinical evaluation of low anterior resection syndrome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Surgical site infection (SSI) is the most common cause of morbidity after colorectal surgery. The aim of this study was to analyze risk factors for SSI in patients who had undergone surgery for rectal cancer.
Method: A multicentre observational study was carried out on 2131 patients operated on for rectal cancer between May 2006 and May 2009.
Article Synopsis
- * The effectiveness and safety of the stapled transanal rectal resection (STARR) procedure for treating these conditions remain unclear due to a lack of comprehensive evidence and long-term functional results.
- * A European expert group created a treatment concept after meetings in 2006 and 2007, which includes a decision-making algorithm for using STARR based on patient symptoms and imaging criteria.