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Dis Colon Rectum
January 2025
Departmnet of Pathology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Polyclinic Hospital, 41124 Modena, Italy.
Cancers (Basel)
December 2024
Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania.
Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the diagnosis and evolution of low anterior rectal resection syndrome (LARS) in patients admitted to a tertiary surgical center in Romania.
Materials And Methods: From 120 patients initially included in the analysis, after applying the exclusion criteria, we selected 102 patients diagnosed and operated on for neoplasm of the upper, middle, and lower rectum for which resection and excision (partial or total) of mesorectum was associated. All the patients we treated in the general surgery department of the County Emergency Hospital of Craiova within a time frame of 5 years (1 October 2017-1 September 2022), and all experienced at least one symptom associated with LARS.
Anticancer Res
January 2025
Department of Surgical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Background/aim: The efficacy of preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in lower rectal cancer is determined by its effects on the primary tumor. However, the effects on the mesorectum have not been investigated. Furthermore, edema in the dissection planes is frequently observed after postoperative CRT.
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December 2024
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Introduction: Interferential current (IFC) has been studied in several clinical trials for the treatment of bowel motility disorders, most often in children. However, only moderate effects are reported, and in contrast to IFC, the so-called placebo application is indiscernible. The mechanisms and neuroanatomic points of action remain elusive.
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