• 1. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Nursing, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
WANG Xiaodong, Email: lockwan@163.com
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Objective To investigate whether neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone may affect recent anal function in patients with rectal cancer.Methods The structured data from the December 3, 2018 version of Database from Colorectal Cancer (DACCA) of West China Hospital were extracted . The follow-up investigation was performed within 2 weeks from December 3, 2018 to December 16, 2018 by the telephone. The postoperative anal function of patients with rectal cancer was evaluated by the lower anterior resection symptom (LARS) score questionnaire.Results A total of 209 patients with rectal cancer treated by the total mesolectal excision in the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery of West China Hospital were included. One hundred and thirty-six patients of them were only treated with TME, while the other 73 patients were treated by the TME and neoadjuvant chemotherapy. As for the baseline data of the 2 groups, there was no difference in the age, body mass index, gender, surgical procedure, differentiation degree or anastomotic position (P>0.050), while the pathological staging (P=0.022) and postoperative recovery time (P<0.001) had the significant differences between these 2 groups. The postoperative 1-year LARS score was not associated with the gender, age, body mass index, pathological stage, physical comorbidity, neoadjuvant chemotherapy or time of postoperative recovery (P>0.050), but which was associated with the heart disease (P=0.019) or position of anastomosis (P=0.005). Moreover, the multivariate analysis showed that the higher anastomosis position was a protective factor for the LARS after 1 year (OR=0.706, P=0.003).Conclusions There is no significant difference in postoperative anal function between patients with rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy or not . It suggests that neoadjuvant chemotherapy has no more additional adverse effects on postoperative anal function in patients either.

Citation: YU Ruixuan, HE Xinlin, ZHANG Qiulu, AN Limin, HUANG Mingjun, WANG Xiaodong, LI Li. Auxiliary study of DACCA of West China Hospital: neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone does not affect recent anal function after rectal cancer surgery. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2019, 26(5): 595-601. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.201903065 Copy

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