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Chronic loose stools following right‐sided hemicolectomy for colon cancer and the association with bile acid malabsorption and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

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Patients treated with right‐sided hemicolectomy for colon cancer may suffer from long‐term bowel dysfunction, including loose stools, urgency and faecal incontinence. The underlying causes are poorly understood. The aim of… Click to show full abstract

Patients treated with right‐sided hemicolectomy for colon cancer may suffer from long‐term bowel dysfunction, including loose stools, urgency and faecal incontinence. The underlying causes are poorly understood. The aim of this case–control study was to investigate the aetiology of chronic loose stools among patients with right‐sided hemicolectomy curatively operated for cancer.

Keywords: hemicolectomy colon; right sided; colon cancer; loose stools; sided hemicolectomy

Journal Title: Colorectal Disease
Year Published: 2022

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