| Methods |
Cohort
Retrospective
Cross‐sectional. |
| Participants |
23 patients(17 men, 6 women)with primary rectal cancer up to 6 cm from the anal verge. 11 APE, 12 AR.
Patients were selected if they had minimum 1 year follow‐up, did not present uncontrolled locoregional failure or were under treatment for distant metastases and accepted participation.
Switzerland. |
| Interventions |
Quality of life assessment with EORTC‐C30/CR38. |
| Outcomes |
Quality of life |
| Notes |
Evidence level: 2B.
Not stated: Age, tumour stage, time since surgery, level of anastomosis in AR group,pouch in AR group, chemotherapy. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
High risk |
Retrospective, cross‐sectional cohort study. Patients included consecutively. |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
Anterior resection or abdominoperineal resection |
High risk |
Blinding not possible due to surgical therapy. |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
Quality of life |
Low risk |
All included patients completed the study. |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
All QoL data reported. |
