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J Adv Pract Oncol
May 2024
Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina.
Purpose: Low anterior resection (LAR) is the preferred surgical treatment of rectosigmoid or rectal cancers. However, it is often associated with bowel dysfunction, which is termed low anterior resection syndrome (LARS). Daily bowel dysfunction symptoms have a detrimental effect on quality of life (QOL).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ Open Gastroenterol
December 2024
Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London, London, UK
Objective: Many people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) experience fatigue, pain and faecal incontinence that some feel are inadequately addressed. It is unknown how many have potentially reversible medical issues underlying these symptoms.
Methods: We conducted a study testing the feasibility of a patient-reported symptom checklist and nurse-administered management algorithm ('Optimise') to manage common medical causes of IBD-related fatigue, pain and faecal incontinence.
Background And Aims: Rectal prolapse (RP) is a debilitating condition and can cause symptoms of fecal incontinence, obstructed defecation, incomplete evacuation of the rectum, and pain. In recent years, there has been increasing evidence that prolapse development is strongly associated with pelvic hiatus (GH) size (normal 4.5 +/- 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZ Gastroenterol
January 2025
Klinikum St Marien Amberg, Germany.
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