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Abstract
“This information likely will not lead to changes in decision-making but may help long-term cancer survivorship planning and treatment.”
—Robert Krouse, MD
Colorectal cancer studies commonly use broad “umbrella” terms when discussing the outcomes of rectal cancer surgery and fail to ferret out the prevalence of the individual side effects. A study from Denmark has investigated the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) 1 year after rectal cancer surgery, especially because survival rates for patients with rectal cancer have increased substantially on account of improvements in surgical, oncological, perioperative, and chemotherapy care.
However, this also has led to a growing risk of postsurgical complications, noted the study authors. For example, resection of the rectum can cause intraoperative nerve damage to the pelvic plexus nerves, which is believed to be the leading cause of postoperative sexual dysfunction.
The study appears in the European Journal of Surgical Oncology (doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2024.108662).
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