Funding for this research was provided by:
St. Olavs Hospital Universitetssykehuset i Trondheim
NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Article History
Received: 14 August 2024
Accepted: 22 December 2024
First Online: 14 February 2025
Declarations
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: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest or nonfinancial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript. An abstract including the first eight patients in the current study was presented as an e-poster at the ASCRS Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, USA, 3–6 June 2023.
: Patients suffering an anastomotic leakage treated by secondary transanal suture were asked to provide informed consent and completion of LARS surveys [ ] with the assistance of a study nurse. Passive opt-out consent was provided by the remaining patients. The study was approved by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics Central Norway.