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  • Title: [Functional results after continuity resection of the rectum].
    Author: Jostarndt L.
    Journal: Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl II Verh Dtsch Ges Chir; 1989; ():685-8. PubMed ID: 2577621.
    Abstract:
    Disturbances of anal continence and bladder and sexual functions are frequently a consequence of low anterior resection. In a prospective study of 60 patients anal continence and bladder control were examined for objective results in function. Within the first 3 months after surgery 50% of the patients had a deficiency in anal continence due to reduced reservoir function. This was not evident in cases with good anastomosis healing in the second postoperative half-year. Especially male patients (46%) developed a dysfunction in micturition which required urologic treatment.
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