Development and external validation of a nomogram and online tool to predict bowel dysfunction following restorative rectal cancer resection: the POLARS score

Nick J Battersby; George Bouliotis; Katrine J Emmertsen; Therese Juul; Rob Glynne-Jones; Graham Branagan; Peter Christensen; Søren Laurberg; Brendan J Moran

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312695

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Development and external validation of a nomogram and online tool to predict bowel dysfunction following restorative rectal cancer resection: the POLARS score

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Nick J Battersby The Pelican Cancer Foundation, The Ark, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK Department of Colorectal and Peritoneal Malignancy Surgery, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
George Bouliotis Department of Clinical Statistics, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Katrine J Emmertsen Department of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Therese Juul Department of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rob Glynne-Jones Radiotherapy Department, Mount-Vernon Cancer Centre, Mount-Vernon Hospital, Northwood, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Graham Branagan Department of Colorectal Surgery, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Christensen Department of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Søren Laurberg Department of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Brendan J Moran The Pelican Cancer Foundation, The Ark, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK Department of Colorectal and Peritoneal Malignancy Surgery, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
on behalf of the UK and Danish LARS Study Groups
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Correspondence to Brendan J Moran, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 9NA, UK; Brendan.Moran{at}hhft.nhs.uk

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Battersby NJ, Bouliotis G, Emmertsen KJ on behalf of the UK and Danish LARS Study Groups, et al

Development and external validation of a nomogram and online tool to predict bowel dysfunction following restorative rectal cancer resection: the POLARS score

Gut 2018;67:688-696.

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Received July 21, 2016
Revised December 22, 2016
Accepted December 28, 2016
First published January 23, 2017.

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March 08, 2018

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