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Lars-Like Symptoms In The General Population May Suggest The Significance Of Postoperative Functional Problems And Emotional Implications Of Rectal Surgery, Tudor-Cristian Frunza, Sorinel Lunca, Iustina Baciu, Iulia Axinia, Cezar V. Mocanu, Andreea Crudu, Narcis Bujor, Lucia F. Livenschi, Claudiu A. Nicolaiev, Andreea Hulubencu, Anca Diaconu, Emilia Valasciu, Ioana Jalobceastai, Malina Tibirna, Mihail G. Dimofte Oct 2019

Lars-Like Symptoms In The General Population May Suggest The Significance Of Postoperative Functional Problems And Emotional Implications Of Rectal Surgery, Tudor-Cristian Frunza, Sorinel Lunca, Iustina Baciu, Iulia Axinia, Cezar V. Mocanu, Andreea Crudu, Narcis Bujor, Lucia F. Livenschi, Claudiu A. Nicolaiev, Andreea Hulubencu, Anca Diaconu, Emilia Valasciu, Ioana Jalobceastai, Malina Tibirna, Mihail G. Dimofte

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Background & Aim. Sphincter-saving rectal surgery is prone to cause changes in bowel function associated with Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS). Our aim was to assess LARS-like symptoms within a population of 50-80-year old in order to understand the functional disturbances and emotional impact of LARS. Materials and methods: We used a questionnaire to evaluate LARS with the following categories of symptoms: flatulence control, anal incontinence, frequency, clustering and urgency of the stools, and the psycho-emotional impact created by the presence of these symptoms. We calculated the severity of LARS on 343 responders. Results. The average age of the responders …


The Risk Of Bleeding And Encephalopathy In Surgical Patients With Liver Cirrhosis, Petrișor Banu, Salvatore Settineri, Emanuele Maria Merlo, Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello, Nicolae Bacalbașa, Carolina Negrei, Bianca Gălățeanu, Octav Ghinghină, Ioana Păunica, Cristian Bălălău Apr 2019

The Risk Of Bleeding And Encephalopathy In Surgical Patients With Liver Cirrhosis, Petrișor Banu, Salvatore Settineri, Emanuele Maria Merlo, Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello, Nicolae Bacalbașa, Carolina Negrei, Bianca Gălățeanu, Octav Ghinghină, Ioana Păunica, Cristian Bălălău

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Liver cirrhosis is a disease with an increasing incidence. Surgical procedures in patients with cirrhosis are also increasing, due to a longer life expectancy in these patients and also to the improvement of therapeutic and diagnostic resources.

Digestive hemorrhage in the cirrhotic patient requires emergency medical intervention (intensive therapy, endoscopic or even surgical approaches), being at the same time a factor that precipitates episodes of encephalopathy, i.e. the conventional complication of cirrhosis. Hepatic encephalopathy represents one of the most severe clinical events of cirrhosis, being associated with high morbidity and mortality. The causes of hepatic encephalopathy are briefly presented in …