Quality of Life after Endoluminal Loco-Regional Resection (ELRR) by Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM)

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Giancarlo D’Ambrosio
Andrea Balla
Fabrizio Mattei
Silvia Quaresima
Francesca De Laurentis
Alessandro M. Paganini

Abstract

AIM: Endoluminal Loco-Regional Resection (ELRR) by Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) may be considered a valid alternative surgical treatment in patients with rectal cancer. Aim of this study is to evaluate the short and medium term Quality of Life (QoL) from prospectively collected data in patients who underwent ELRR by TEM.


MATERIAL OF STUDY: From May 2010 to June 2013, 31 patients with iT1-iT2-iT3N0 rectal cancer were enrolled in this study. Patients with T1 rectal cancer underwent ELRR by TEM. Patients with iT2-iT3 rectal cancer underwent neoadjuvant radio-chemoterapy (n-RCT) before surgery. QoL was evaluated by EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-CR38 questionnaires before surgery and 1, 6, and 12 months after surgery.


RESULTS: Mean distance from the anal verge was 5.4 cm (range 1-10). Mean operative time was 145.8 minutes (range 60-300). Pathological staging was as follows: pT0N0 (6), pT1N0 (18), pT2N0 (7). At 1 month after surgery, in QLQC30 questionnaire, significant worsening was observed in Global Health Status (p=0.0028), Physical Functioning (p=0.0016), Role Functioning (p=0.0004), Fatigue (p=0.0024), Pain (p=0.0003) and Dyspnoea (p=0.0192). In QLQCR38 questionnaire significant worsening at 1 month was observed in Defecation Problems (p=0.0005) and Weight Loss (p=0.0008). At six and twelve months after surgery, no significant differences were observed in QLQ-C30 and in QLQCR38 questionnaires.


DISCUSSION: QoL evaluation showed worsening results at 1 month after ELRR by TEM, in QLQ-C30 and in QLQCR38 questionnaires.


CONCLUSIONS: At 6 and 12 months after surgery, no significant differences in QoL as compared to preoperative status were observed.

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D’Ambrosio, Giancarlo, et al. “Quality of Life After Endoluminal Loco-Regional Resection (ELRR) by Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM)”. Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia, vol. 86, no. 1, Jan. 2015, pp. 56-60, https://annaliitalianidichirurgia.it/index.php/aic/article/view/308.
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