Causes of fecal and urinary incontinence after total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer based on cadaveric surgery: A study from the cooperative clinical investigators of the Dutch total mesorectal excision trial

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 4466-4472

  Wallner, Christian ^a   Lange, Marilyne M ^a   Bonsing, Bert A ^a   Maas, Cornelis P ^a   Wallace, Charles N ^a   Dabhoiwala, Noshir F ^a   Rutten, Harm J ^a   Lamers, Wouter H ^a   DeRuiter, Marco C ^a   van de Velde, Cornelis J H ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; CADAVER; COLECTOMY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELVIC FLOOR; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS; SPLANCHNIC NERVES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 52449128458     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.3062     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Havenga K, Enker WE: Autonomic nerve preserving total mesorectal excision. Surg Clin North Am 82:1009-1018, 2002
2. MacFarlane JK, Ryall RD, Heald RJ: Mesorectal excision for rectal cancer. Lancet 341:457-460, 1993
3. Moriya Y: Function preservation in rectal cancer surgery. Int J Clin Oncol 11:339-343, 2006
4. Maas CP, Moriya Y, Steup WH, et al: A prospective study on radical and nerve-preserving surgery for rectal cancer in the Netherlands. Eur J Surg Oncol 26:751-757, 2000
5. Havenga K, Maas CP, DeRuiter MC, et al: Avoiding long-term disturbance to bladder and sexual function in pelvic surgery, particularly with rectal cancer. Semin Surg Oncol 18:235-243, 2000
6. Maas CP, Moriya Y, Steup WH, et al: Radical and nerve-preserving surgery for rectal cancer in the Netherlands: A prospective study on morbidity and functional outcome. Br J Surg 85:92-97, 1998
7. Nesbakken A, Nygaard K, Bull-Njaa T, et al: Bladder and sexual dysfunction after mesorectal excision for rectal cancer. Br J Surg 87:206-210, 2000
8. Maas CP, De Ruiter MC, Kenter GG, et al: The inferior hypogastric plexus in gynecologic surgery. J Gynecol Technique 5:55-62, 1999
9. Ali M, Johnson IP, Hobson J, et al: Anatomy of the pelvic plexus and innervation of the prostate gland. Clin Anat 17:123-129, 2004
10. Rees PM, Fowler CJ, Maas CP: Sexual function in men and women with neurological disorders. Lancet 369:512-525, 2007
11. Bretagnol F, Troubat H, Laurent C, et al: Long-term functional results after sphincter-saving resection for rectal cancer. Gastroenterol Clin Biol 28:155-159, 2004
12. Lange MM, den Dulk M, Bossema ER, et al: Risk factors for faecal incontinence after rectal cancer treatment. Br J Surg 94:1278-1284, 2007
13. Peeters KC, van de Velde CJ, Leer JW, et al: Late side effects of short-course preoperative radiotherapy combined with total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: Increased bowel dysfunction in irradiated patients - A Dutch Colorectal Cancer Group study. J Clin Oncol 23:6199-6206, 2005
14. Tomita R, Igarashi S, Ikeda T, et al: Pudendal nerve terminal motor latency in patients with or without soiling 5 years or more after low anterior resection for lower rectal cancer. World J Surg 31:403-408, 2007
15. Ashton-Miller JA, DeLancey JO: Functional anatomy of the female pelvic floor. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1101:266-296, 2007
16. Madoff RD, Parker SC, Varma MG, et al: Faecal incontinence in adults. Lancet 364:621-632, 2004
17. Norton P, Brubaker L: Urinary incontinence in women. Lancet 367:57-67, 2006
18. Drake RL, Vogl W, Mitchell AWM: Gray's Anatomy for Students. Philadelphia, PA, Elsevier, 2005
19. Netter FH: Atlas of Human Anatomy (ed 2). Teterboro, NJ, ICON Learning Systems, 2001
20. Martini FH, Timmons MJ, Tallitsch RB: Human Anatomy (ed 5). Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice Hall Pearson Education, 2006
21. Putz R, Pabst R: Sobotta Atlas of Human Anatomy (ed 13). Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001
22. Azpiroz F, Fernandez-Fraga X, Merletti R, et al: The puborectalis muscle. Neurogastroenterol Motil 17:68-72, 2005 (suppl 1)
23. Barber MD, Bremer RE, Thor KB, et al: Innervation of the female levator ani muscles. Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:64-71, 2002
24. Wallner C, Maas CP, Dabhoiwala NF, et al: Innervation of the pelvic floor muscles: A reappraisal for the levator ani nerve. Obstet Gynecol 108:529-534, 2006
25. Wallner C, van Wissen J, Maas CP, et al: The contribution of the levator ani nerve and the pudendal nerve to the innervation of the levator ani muscles: A study in human fetuses. Eur Urol 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.11.015 [epub ahead of print on November 20, 2007]
26. Kapiteijn E, Marijnen CA, Nagtegaal ID, et al: Preoperative radiotherapy combined with total mesorectal excision for resectable rectal cancer. N Engl J Med 345:638-646, 2001
27. Heald RJ: Rectal cancer: The surgical options. Eur J Cancer 31A:1189-1192, 1995
28. Marijnen CA, van de Velde CJ, Putter H, et al: Impact of short-term preoperative radiotherapy on health-related quality of life and sexual functioning in primary rectal cancer: Report of a multicenter randomized trial. J Clin Oncol 23:1847-1858, 2005
29. Guren MG, Eriksen MT, Wiig JN, et al: Quality of life and functional outcome following anterior or abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol 31:735-742, 2005
30. Welsh FK, McFall M, Mitchell G, et al: Preoperative short-course radiotherapy is associated with faecal incontinence after anterior resection. Colorectal Dis 5:563-568, 2003
31. Baqué P, Karimdjee B, Iannelli A, et al: Anatomy of the presacral venous plexus: Implications for rectal surgery. Surg Radiol Anat 26:355-358, 2004
32. Junginger T, Kneist W, Heintz A: Influence of identification and preservation of pelvic autonomic nerves in rectal cancer surgery on bladder dysfunction after total mesorectal excision. Dis Colon Rectum 46:621-628, 2003
33. Putta S, Andreyev HJ: Faecal incontinence: A late side-effect of pelvic radiotherapy. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 17:469-477, 2005
34. Varma JS, Smith AN, Busuttil A: Correlation of clinical and manometric abnormalities of rectal function following chronic radiation injury. Br J Surg 72:875-878, 1985
35. Pollack J, Holm T, Cedermark B, et al: Long-term effect of preoperative radiation therapy on anorectal function. Dis Colon Rectum 49:345-352, 2006
36. Köninger JS, Butters M, Redecke JD, et al: Transverse coloplasty pouch after total mesorectal excision: Functional assessment of evacuation. Dis Colon Rectum 47:1586-1593, 2004
37. Matsuoka N, Moriya Y, Akasu T, et al: Long-term outcome of urinary function after extended lymphadenectomy in patients with distal rectal cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol 27:165-169, 2001
38. Ulmsten U: Some reflections and hypotheses on the pathophysiology of female urinary incontinence. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Suppl 166:3-8, 1997