Assessment of low anterior resection syndrome in patients who underwent low anterior resection for cancer rectum

Abstract

Rectal Cancer is the third most cancer and the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in the western world. It occurs due to abnormal growth of the lining cells of the rectum that have the ability to invade and spread to other parts of the body. Surgery is the only curative therapy for rectal cancer. However, functional disturbances may follow thus constitutes a major problem for many surviving rectal cancer patients following a sphincter saving procedure with symptoms ranging from daily episodes of incontinence to obstructed defecation, constipation & low ant resection syndrome (LARS).