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. 2023 Mar 29;158(5):e230146. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.0146

Figure 4. Functional Outcome at 24 Months After Inclusion of Patients Observed by the Watch-and-Wait (WW) Approach, Patients After Local Excision (LE), and Patients After Total Mesorectal Excision (TME).

Figure 4.

Functional outcome at 24 months after inclusion according to the Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS) score (A), Vaizey incontinence score (B), International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) (C), and International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) score (D) of patients observed by the WW approach without requiring additional surgery, patients treated with LE, and patients treated with TME. The mean (SD) LARS score for WW was 20.6 (11.3); for LE, 28.2 (11.1); and for TME, 28.3 (12.2). The mean (SD) Vaizey incontinence score for WW was 8.0 (4.4); for LE, 8.7 (3.3); and for TME, 11.7 (3.2). Mean (SD) IPSS for WW was 5.5 (3.9); for LE, 5.7 (4.6); and for TME, 7.2 (6.2). The mean (SD) IIEF score for WW was 14.5 (9.1); for LE, 15.3 (9.4); and for TME, 11.3 (8.1).