Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Manuscript ID	63571
Country	Türkiye

Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Prospective Study
Article Title	Quality of life after colorectal surgery: A prospective study of patients compared with their spouses
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Gökçe Aylaz, Cihangir Akyol, Akın Fırat Kocaay, Derya Gökmen, Ayşe Burcu Yavuzarslan, Ayhan Bülent Erkek and Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Cihangir Akyol, FASCRS, FEBS, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Divison of Colorectal Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Talatpasa Boulevard, Ankara 06100, Türkiye. cihangirakyol@gmail.com
Key Words	Quality of life; Colorectal surgery; Patients' spouses; Prospective study; Male spouses; Preoperative counseling
Core Tip	Although radical surgery for colorectal cancer improves the oncological outcomes, a significant portion of patients suffer from alterations in their quality of life (QoL). There are many studies investigating the QoL of patients who have colorectal cancer but none of these focus on the QoL of spoueses.. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first prospective and comparative study investigating the QoL following colorectal cancer surgery in both the patients and their spouses during the same time frame. The results of this study showed that patients as well as their spouses QoL was affected following colorectal cancer surgery.
Citation	Aylaz G, Akyol C, Kocaay AF, Gökmen D, Yavuzarslan AB, Erkek AB, Kuzu MA. Quality of life after colorectal surgery: A prospective study of patients compared with their spouses. World J Gastrointest Surg 2021; 13(9): 1050-1062

Received	2021-03-25 12:38
Peer-Review Started	2021-03-25 12:42
To Make the First Decision
Return for Revision	2021-06-14 06:59
Revised	2021-06-30 21:47
Second Decision	2021-07-29 02:54
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2021-07-29 08:55
Articles in Press	2021-07-29 08:55
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Typeset the Manuscript	2021-09-17 12:51

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