A Novel Remote Follow-Up Tool Based on an Instant Messaging/Social Media App for the Management of Patients With Low Anterior Resection Syndrome: Pilot Prospective Self-Control Study

Fan Liu   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD, MD ;   Peng Guo   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD, MD ;   Xiangqian Su   ³ , PhD, MD ;   Ming Cui   ³ , PhD, MD ;   Jianlong Jiang   ⁴ , MD ;   Suo Wang   ⁴ , MSc, MD ;   Zhouman Yu   ⁵ , MD ;   Runhe Zhou   ⁵ , MD ;   Yingjiang Ye   ^{1, 2} , PhD, MD

¹ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China

² Beijing Key Laboratory of Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Research, Beijing, China

³ Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery IV, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China

⁴ Department of General Surgery, Changshu Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, First People's Hospital of Changshu City, Changshu, China

⁵ Department of General Surgery, QiLu Hospital (Qingdao), Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Qingdao, China

*these authors contributed equally