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From: When do defecation function and quality of life recover for patients with non-ostomy and ostomy surgery of rectal cancer?

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Function and symptom indices line charts for total patients in three different time span. Comparison between non-ostomy and ostomy groups were carried out too .In the second year after operation, SF and GQOL were significantly different (P = .014, P < .001), and there were no differences in other functional and symptom areas (all P > .05); At postoperative 3rd and 4th years all indicators in the functional and symptom areas were not statistically significant (all P > .05). See Table 5 for details

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