The purpose of this study is to develop a new severity scoring tool for Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS) drawing on the international consensus criteria for LARS as well as opinions of patients
2Mann – Whitney –U-Test, 3Χ2 test, 4Cochran-Armitage trend test; **Measured by the Physiological and Operative Severity Scoring system for enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) [28]. SD: sta
Background Frailty is a critical determinant of postoperative outcomes in elderly patients. Several frailty assessment tools, including the Modified Frailty Index (MFI-5) and the Charlson Comorbidity