EVALUATE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS AFTER LOW ANTERIOR – RESECTION AND ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION FOR RECTAL CANCER

Vũ Ngọc Sơn1,, Triệu Triều Dương1, Phạm Văn Thương2
1 108 Military Central Hospital
2 Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy

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Objectives: Evaluate quality of life of patients after total mesorectal excision and abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer. Method: A prospective descriptive study with longitudinal follow-up on 210 patients undergoing surgery for rectal cancer at 108 Central Military Hospital from September 2019 to May 2021. Evaluation of patients' quality of life using the European Cancer Foundation QLQ-30 and CR29 questionnaires. Result: There were 176 patients (83.8%) who underwent low anterior – resection (LAR) and 34 patients (16.2%) had Miles surgery. There were no significant differences in functional or symptom scores according to the QLQ-C30 criteria between the Miles and LAR surgery groups. Judging by the scale of QLQ-CR30 and QLQ-CR29 for patient groups, univariate analysis revealed differences between the two groups on four criteria. Postoperative Miles patients had higher scores for urinary incontinence (p = 0.0001), abdominal pain (p = 0.0001), perineal pain, and shame (p = 0.0001) compared with with patients after LAR surgery. Conclusion: Quality of life of patients after Miles surgery for rectal cancer is as low as or worse than quality of life after LAR in some cases. This fact should be considered while dealing with low rectal cancers.

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