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Complications found in our small study group are "mild" and seldom met as compared to

Other authors have also evaluated found ISR to be satisfactory from an oncological point of view. In one study, authors report a 3-year disease-free survival in ISR group was 97% and a

"Publications of this chapter has been funded by the "Toma Ionescu" Foundation, Gheorghe

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial,

The limitations of this study are represented by the low number of cases, our center not being a colorectal surgery center thus the addressability of the patients is low. Our study is focused predominantly on the use of the Wexner score system for the evaluation of sphincter function, other scoring systems (Rothenberger, Vaizey, Fecal Incontinence Severity Index) could provide a better assessment of the functional outcome, but the easiest score to use is in our opinion the Wexner. The short-term follow-up is another inconvenient of the study, the results

complications reported in the case of abdominoperineal resections.

The authors declare no conflict of interest in preparing this article.

being preliminary. Follow-up of these patients is ongoing.

APR abdominoperineal resection

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GI tract gastrointestinal tract

ISR intersphincteric resection

5-year disease-free survival was 93% [28].

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Călin Molnar1 , Marian Botoncea<sup>2</sup> \*, Claudiu Varlam Molnar<sup>3</sup> and Vlad-Olimpiu Butiurca4

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1 Head of Surgery, M5 Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tîrgu-Mureș, Tîrgu-Mureș Emergency County Hospital, Tîrgu-Mureș, Romania

2 Surgery Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tîrgu Mureș, Tîrgu Mureș Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Tîrgu Mureș, România

3 Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tîrgu Mureș, Tîrgu Mureș Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Tîrgu Mureș, România

4 Surgery Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș, Tîrgu Mureș Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Mureș County, România
