Recovery of physiologic and clinical function after low anterior resection of the rectum for carcinoma
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum1995Vol. 38(4), pp. 411–418
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Michael E. R. Williamson, Wyn G. Lewis, P J Finan, Andrew S. Miller, P. J. Holdsworth, David A. Johnston
Abstract
Anal resting pressure decreased significantly after low anterior resection and did not recover in the course of the first year after operation. Moreover, the volume of an air-filled balloon in the neorectum that was required to elicit maximum inhibition of the anal sphincter was significantly less after anterior resection that before operation. These long-term and presumably permanent changes in physiologic behavior of the anoneorectum after low anterior resection provide an explanation for the failure of some patients to regain satisfactory bowel function following that procedure.
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