Study of Patients’Quality of Life after Different Rectal Surgery Approaches

VernacularTitle:直肠癌不同手术方式生存质量的研究现状
Author: Rui ZHAO ; Zhi LI ; Xiaodong WANG ; Li LI
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: rectal neoplasms; postoperative complications; quality of life
From: Tianjin Medical Journal 2014;(8):843-846
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Surgery is the main treatment for rectal cancer, which is one of influencing factors of the patients’quality of life (QoL). Factors affecting QoL in a operation include tumor location, surgical margin, operation approach, appearance of stoma, application of laparoscopy and so forth. Still, now there are lots of arguments on how operations affecting QoL. The fol-lowing is a review about patients’QoL after different rectal surgeries, including high versus lower anterior resection, anterior versus inter sphincteric resection, transanal versus open operation, anal-sparing versus stoma operation, laparoscope versus open surgery.