Beyond the Expected Postoperative Period: Are We Underdiagnosing Low Anterior Resection Syndrome?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery , Department of Surgery - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. aore@bidmc.harvard.edu.
² Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery , Department of Surgery - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.

Ana Sofia Ore et al. J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;27(11):2586-2588.

doi: 10.1007/s11605-023-05767-w. Epub 2023 Jul 19.

¹ Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery , Department of Surgery - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. aore@bidmc.harvard.edu.
² Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery , Department of Surgery - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Low anterior resection; Low anterior resection syndrome; Quality of life.

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