Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31061651›Full record

ReviewClinics in colon and rectal surgery2019

Overlooked Long-Term Complications of Colorectal Surgery.

Matthew D Giglia, Sharon L Stein

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Review in Clinics in colon and rectal surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Association between anastomotic leak after rectal resection and bowel dysfunction, a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2025
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  7. Improvement Effect ofFrontiers in immunology · 2022
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  11. Sexual Dysfunction after Colorectal Surgery.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2026
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  19. Prediction of perioperative complications in colorectal cancerWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Matthew D GigliaDivision of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
Sharon L SteinDivision of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While colorectal surgery has been documented to have some of the highest complication rates in the surgical field, some of the more common, functional complications are often overlooked in the literature and in discussion with patients. Urinary, sexual, and defecatory dysfunction are common after colorectal surgery, especially after pelvic dissections, and may severely impact the postoperative quality of life for patients. These complications include urinary retention, erectile dysfunction, retrograde ejaculation, dyspareunia, infertility, and low anterior resection syndrome. The majority is rooted in autonomic nerve damage, both sympathetic and parasympathetic, that occurs during mobilization and resection of the sigmoid colon and rectum. While not all of these postoperative complications are preventable, treatment strategies have been developed to ameliorate the impact on quality of life. Given the high incidence and direct effect on patients, clinicians should be familiar with the etiology, prevention, and treatment strategies of these complications to provide the highest quality of care.

Indexed as

bladder dysfunctionlow anterior resection syndromepostoperative complicationsexual dysfunction

Identifiers

PMID31061651
PMCPMC6494605

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