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Table 3 Length of time for patients reporting a significant improvement of bowel symptoms

From: Bowel symptoms and self-care strategies of survivors in the process of restoration after low anterior resection of rectal cancer

Significant improvement

Patients at 6–11 months (n = 40)

Patients at 12-24 months (n = 39)

n

%

n

%

NO

7

17.5

4

10.3

YES

33

 

35

 

3–5 months

14

35.0

6

15.4

6 months

13

32.5

16

41.0

7–11 months

6

15.0

2

5.1

12 months

  

9

23.1

13–24 months

  

2

5.1