Treatment of intestinal injuries following irradiation
| Autor: | E. Mortensen, S. Vesterhauge, Tove Nilsson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1974 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Fistula medicine.medical_treatment Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Testicular Neoplasms Colostomy Intestinal Fistula medicine Humans Radiation Injuries Urinary Tract Hydronephrosis Pelvis Aged business.industry Gastroenterology Cancer General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Colorectal surgery Surgery Intestines medicine.anatomical_structure Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Latency stage Abdomen Female business Intestinal Obstruction Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 17:638-643 |
| ISSN: | 0012-3706 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02587114 |
| Popis: | The cases of 16 patients treated for intestinal radiation injuries are reviewed. The conclusion is that in patients who have received radiation treatment earlier, it is never possible to rule out intestinal radiation injuries as the reason for abdominal complaints. The pathologic picture and the symptoms seem to be independent of the latency period and age. The possibilities for treatment are discussed, and it is concluded that only patients with slight injuries in whose cases cancer has been ruled out can be treated conservatively. For all other patients resection and perhaps closure of a fistula if it is possible should be done. This, however, was possible only in 25 per cent of our patients. In the rest of the patients operated on it was only possible to establish a colostomy. |
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