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Quality Of Life With And Without Sphincter-Conserving Surgery For Rectal Cancer, José Manuel Carlos Segura González, Samantha Isabel Hernández Muñoz, Arturo García Galicia, Esmeralda Gracián Castro, Iris Isamar Tiscareño Lozano, María Guadalupe Vera Sánchez, Álvaro José Montiel Jarquín, Nancy Rosalía Bertado Ramírez
Quality Of Life With And Without Sphincter-Conserving Surgery For Rectal Cancer, José Manuel Carlos Segura González, Samantha Isabel Hernández Muñoz, Arturo García Galicia, Esmeralda Gracián Castro, Iris Isamar Tiscareño Lozano, María Guadalupe Vera Sánchez, Álvaro José Montiel Jarquín, Nancy Rosalía Bertado Ramírez
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of death worldwide, with an incidence of 10.2%. The treatment of CRC has evolved over the past 25 years. Two surgical procedures are used: abdominoperineal resection (APR) and low anterior resection (LAR) and ultra-low anterior resection (ULAR). The recurrence rate and quality of life are similar between these approaches. Objective: To compare the quality of life of rectal cancer patients treated with abdominoperineal resection versus conservative sphincter-preserving surgeries: low anterior resection (LAR) and ultra-low anterior resection (ULAR) at UMAE of Puebla. Methods: A comparative, observational, …