Search strategy in PubMed (via Medline) database
| No. | Search term |
| #1 | ‘Low Anterior Resection Syndrome’ [MeSH] OR ‘Low Anterior Resection Syndrome’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Anterior Resection Syndrome’ [Title/Abstract] |
| #2 | ‘Transanal Endoscopic Surgery’ [MeSH] OR ‘Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery’ [MeSH] OR ‘Sphincter-Preserving Surgery’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Sphincter Saving Surgery’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Low Anterior Resection’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Intersphincteric Resection’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Transanal Local Resection’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Transanal Excision’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Anterior Perineal Plane for Ultra-Low Anterior Resection of the Rectum’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Coloanal Anastomosis’ [Title/Abstract] |
| #3 | ‘Diarrhea’ [MeSH] OR ‘Fecal Incontinence’ [MeSH] OR ‘Constipation’ [MeSH] OR Diarrhea*[Title/Abstract] OR Diarrhoea [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Bowel Incontinence’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Fecal Incontinence’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Faecal Incontinence’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Faeces Incontinence’ [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Rectal Incontinence’ [Title/Abstract] OR Constipation [Title/Abstract] OR Obstipation [Title/Abstract] OR Dyschezia [Title/Abstract] OR ‘Faecal Urgency’ [Title/Abstract] |
| #4 | #2 AND #3 |
| #5 | #1 OR #4 |