This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS
Male sexual dysfunction after rectal cancer surgery: results of a randomized trial comparing mesorectal excision with and without lateral lymph node dissection for patients with lower rectal cancer: Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study JCOG0212. Eur J Surg Oncol 2016; 42: 1851–1858.
Published: 30th March 2017
Authors: Saito S, Fujita S, Mizusawa J, Kanemitsu Y, Saito N, Kinugasa Y et al.
Conclusion
Sexual dysfunction was reported by 68 per cent of men after mesorectal excision alone, versus 79 per cent after additional lateral node dissection (P=0.37). The main risk factor for sexual dysfunction was increasing age (P=0.02) in this study that included 343 men.
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