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Background: Advances in sphincter-saving procedures improved the quality of life of patients with rectal cancer. However, many of them experienced functional disturbances after surgery, including low anterior resection syndrome.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the severity of low anterior resection syndrome after transanal total mesorectal excision and compare it with the conventional transabdominal, top-to-bottom, total mesorectal excision.
Design: This was a single-center, retrospective analysis.
Settings: The study was conducted at a tertiary academic institution.
Patients: This study analyzed patients who underwent total mesorectal excision for mid to low rectal cancer from January 2016 to April 2018. Cases were matched one-to-one according to the tumor height and history of pelvic irradiation using the propensity score.
Main Outcome Measures: The primary outcome measured was the severity of low anterior resection syndrome and fecal incontinence at 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery or stoma reversal, whichever was later.
Results: There were 35 patients in each group after matching; 67.1% were male, and 41.4% had neoadjuvant radiotherapy. At 3 months, the median low anterior resection syndrome score was 37 after transanal total mesorectal excision, which was significantly higher than the conventional approach, 32 (p = 0.045). Apart from this, the low anterior resection syndrome score, severity grading, and the Wexner score were comparable at 6 and 12 months.
Limitations: A difference between the 2 groups might not be detected because of the study's small sample size and because of its retrospective nature.
Conclusions: A higher low anterior resection syndrome score was observed after transanal total mesorectal excision at the initial 3-month period, but such a difference was not observed thereafter. This study showed that both surgical techniques had similar anal and bowel functional outcomes in the long run. However, because of the limited case number and study design, further study is needed to prove this. See Video Abstract at http://links.lww.com/DCR/B146. SÍNDROME DE RESECCIÓN ANTERIOR BAJA DESPUÉS DE LA ESCISIÓN MESORRECTAL TOTAL TRANSANAL: UNA COMPARACIÓN CON EL ABORDAJE CONVENCIONAL DE SUPERIOR A INFERIOR: Los avances en los procedimientos para salvar esfínteres mejoraron la calidad de vida de los pacientes con cáncer rectal. Sin embargo, muchos de ellos sufrieron trastornos funcionales después de la cirugía, incluyendo el síndrome de resección anterior baja.El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la gravedad del síndrome de resección anterior baja después de la escisión mesorrectal total transanal y comparar con la escisión mesorrectal total convencional transabdominal, de arriba a abajo.El estudio se realizó en una institución académica terciaria.Este fue un análisis retrospectivo de un solo centro de pacientes que se sometieron a una escisión mesorrectal total por cáncer rectal medio a bajo desde enero de 2016 hasta abril de 2018. Los casos fueron emparejados uno a uno de acuerdo con la altura del tumor y los antecedentes de irradiación pélvica con puntaje de propensión.La gravedad del síndrome de resección anterior baja y la incontinencia fecal a los 3, 6 y 12 meses después de la cirugía o la reversión del estoma, lo que ocurriera más tarde.Hubo 35 pacientes en cada grupo después del emparejamiento. El 67.1% eran hombres. El 41,4% tenía radioterapia neoadyuvante. A los tres meses, la puntuación media del síndrome de resección anterior baja fue de 37 después de la escisión mesorrectal transanal total, que fue significativamente mayor que el enfoque convencional, 32 (p = 0.045). Aparte de esto, la puntuación baja del síndrome de resección anterior, la clasificación de gravedad y la puntuación de Wexner fueron comparables a los 6 y 12 meses.Es posible que no se detecte una diferencia entre los dos grupos debido al pequeño tamaño de la muestra del estudio. La naturaleza retrospectiva del estudio.Se observó una puntuación más alta en el síndrome de resección anterior baja después de la escisión mesorrectal total transanal en el período inicial de tres meses, pero dicha diferencia no se observó posteriormente. Este estudio mostró que ambas técnicas quirúrgicas tuvieron resultados similares de funcionamiento anal e intestinal a largo plazo. Sin embargo, debido al número limitado de casos y al diseño del estudio, es necesario realizar más estudios para demostrarlo. Consulte Video Resumen en http://links.lww.com/DCR/B146.
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