OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of preoperative long course radiotherapy (RT) on anastomotic leakage (AL) after low anterior resection(LAR) for rectal cancer. METHODS Medline, EMBASE, China National Knowledge Infrastructure,the Cochrane Library databases and other databases were searched for relevant studies. Correlation between preoperative long course RT and AL after LAR for rectal cancer wa...

  Background and Objectives: To compare pathologic complete response (pCR) in patients with advanced rectal cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NACT) by 5-FU or Xeloda (capecitabine) with and without Eloxatin (oxaloplatin injection). Materials and Methods: Seventy-five consecutive patients with the diagnosis of advanced rectal adenocarcinoma were included. Two basic chemotherapy r...

Anastomotic leakage (AL) after resection for rectal carcinoma accelerates morbidity and mortality rates, extends hospital stay, and increases treatment costs, particularly when requiring laparotomy. The role of a protective diverting stoma (DS) in avoiding leakage has repeatedly been discussed, but prospective randomized studies on this subject are rare and their results contradictory. The MEDL...

PURPOSE Issues related to body image and a permanent stoma after abdominoperineal resection may decrease quality of life in rectal cancer patients. However, specific problems associated with a low anastomosis may similarly affect quality of life for patients undergoing low anterior resection. The aim of this study was to compare quality of life of low rectal cancer patients after undergoing abd...

In Brief Objectives: To investigate the association between clinical/sociodemographic factors and labor market attachment, to estimate employment probability 2 years after colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery. Background: A rising prevalence of younger CRC survivors commands a stronger focus on attachment. The clinical like type surgery survivors’ attachment remains poorly investigated. Methods: Nat...

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer, second in women, and fourth leading cause of death world. Radical surgical treatment with Total Mesorectal Excision (TME) considered best for found lower rectum has benefits complete tumor removal to reduce risk recurrence improve survival. Advances preoperative chemoradiation therapy have increased chances achieving a 1 cm distal margin allowe...

Abstract Background Many publications describe the advantages of creation ghost ileostomy (GI) to prevent need for formal covering in more than 80% carcinoma rectum patients. However, none papers describes exactly how ultimately remove GI these patients whom it doesn't maturation. Aim To and evaluate release down (GIRD) technique terms feasibility, complications, hospital stay, procedure time e...

A 40-year-old woman visited our hospital with cyclic hematochezia for four months. The patient had the history of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy because of severe dysmenorrhea two years ago at another tertiary hospital. According to the medical records, the past surgical treatment was incomplete excision of pelvic endometriotic lesions, especially in rectal serosal lesions. A colono...