Quality of life in patients with loco-regional rectal cancer after ELRR by TEM versus VLS TME after nChRT. Long-term results
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D'Ambrosio Giancarlo, Picchetto Andrea, Campo Salvatore, Palma Rossella, Panetta Cristina, De Laurentis Francesca, La Rocca Stefania, Lezoche Emanuele
ISSN: 0930-2794
Endoluminal loco-regional resection (ELRR) by transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) may be an alternative treatment option to Laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (LTME), in selected patients with N0 rectal cancer. Post-operative quality of life (QoL) evaluation is an important parameter of outcomes related to high percentage of functional sequelae. We reported, in a previous paper, the short and medium term results of QoL in patients who underwent ELRR or LTME. The aim is to evaluate the 3 year QoL in patients with iT2-T3 N0/+ rectal cancer who underwent ELRR by TEM or LTME after neoadjuvant radio-chemotherapy (nChRT) in a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data.