Introduction Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) is described as disordered bowel function after rectal resection that leads to a detriment in quality of life, and affects the majority of ...

Nerve-sparing surgical removal is important to preserve as much function as possible. Transurethral resection of the prostate, or TURP, which also involves removal of part of the prostate gland, is an ...

Material and method. Material and method. Data on patients registered as having C18 (colon cancer), C19–C21 (cancer of the rectum, rectosigmoid junction or anus), C33–C34 (cancer of the lungs or ...

Increased numbers of nerve fibres staining positively for neuron specific enolase, substance P and 5-HT (but not calcitonin gene-related peptide) have been demonstrated in biopsies from the terminal ...