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Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) describes the constellation of symptoms which result from and are common after distal colorectal resection. Symptoms include incontinence, frequency, urgency and evacuatory dysfunction. The aim of the current study was to prospectively evaluate pre- and post-operative LARS in patients who undergo TAMIS.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We conducted a prospective analysis of a consecutive series of patients who underwent TAMIS at our institution between January 2021 and February 2022. A LARS questionnaire was undertaken preoperatively, at 1\u00a0month and at 6\u00a0months post-operatively.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Twenty patients were recruited to this pilot study. The mean age was 63\u2009\u00b1\u200912\u00a0years, 11 of the patients were male, mean pre-operative BMI was 29\u2009\u00b1\u20096\u00a0kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>, and 30% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20096) of patients underwent TAMIS for an invasive rectal cancer, with all patients receiving an R0 resection. Mean distance from the anal verge was 5.7\u2009\u00b1\u20093.2\u00a0cm, and mean lesion diameter was 46\u2009\u00b1\u200920.5\u00a0mm. A statistically significant interval reduction was observed between preoperative (20.3\u2009\u00b1\u200912.9) and 6-month post-operative (12.6\u2009\u00b1\u20099.7) LARS scores (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.02) and also between 1-month (18.2\u2009\u00b1\u200910.6) and 6-month post-operative scores (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We noted a high prevalence of LARS across our cohort preoperatively, and this had improved significantly at 6-month review post-TAMIS. This study reaffirms the safety and efficacy of TAMIS for the treatment of early rectal neoplasia.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00464-023-10004-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,24]],"date-time":"2023-03-24T22:02:43Z","timestamp":1679695363000},"page":"5241-5245","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["A prospective evaluation of the effect of transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) on low anterior resection syndrome"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"37","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7430-9973","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"William P.","family":"Duggan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Diarmuid D.","family":"Sugrue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Naomi","family":"Shannon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brenda","family":"Murphy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John P.","family":"Burke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,24]]},"reference":[{"issue":"7","key":"10004_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"874","DOI":"10.6004\/jnccn.2018.0061","volume":"16","author":"AB Benson","year":"2018","unstructured":"Benson AB, Venook AP, Al-Hawary MM, Cederquist L, Chen Y-J, Ciombor KK et al (2018) Rectal Cancer, Version 2.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. 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