QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS WITH DISTAL PART OF RECTAL CANCER

• Main Authors: M. A. Aghavelyan, A. M. Aghavelyan
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation. “Kuban State Medical University” 2014-02-01
• Series: Кубанский научный медицинский вестник
• Subjects: рак прямой кишки; хирургическое лечение; качество жизни; cancer rectum; surgical treatment; quality of life
• Online Access: https://ksma.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/3

The department of coloproctology «Mikaelian Institute of surgery» for the last 13 years, operated 941 patient about colorectal cancer. In 381 (40,5%) patients malignant tumor was localized in the rectum, in 142 (37,3%) of them, it had a distal location. Quality of life was studied in 65 patients with cancer of the distal rectum. To assess the quality of life used test version of the questionnaire SF-36 Health Status Survey. The study showed that in the preoperative period in patients with cancer of the distal rectum is a reduction of all the parameters of quality of life, and in the immediate and late postoperative period the quality of life is determined by the type and volume of surgical intervention. Significantly better quality of life after sphincter-preserving and reconstructive-plastic surgery.