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2152665

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
We reviewed the results of surgical therapy for radiation enteropathy in 18 consecutive patients. Fifteen (83%) were females and the age ranged from 31 to 81 years old. The indication for radiotherapy was cancer of the cervix in 10 patients (56). The mean radiation dose was 5190 rads (range 4000 to 7000). Of 23 radiation lesions, 12 (52%) were located in the ileon, 10 in the rectum and 1 in the sigmoid. Fibrosis and stenosis was the most frequent lesion (70%) followed by fistulae (22%) and proctitis in 2 patients. Resection or derivation was the surgical treatment employed in 22 of the 23 lesions. For lesions of the ileon, we performed resection and anastomosis in 7 patients and derivation in 5. For rectal lesions we performed resection, endoanal descent and colo-anal anastomosis in 7 patients anterior resection in 2 and colostomy in 1. Complications were observed in 5 patients (28%) and 1 patient died (5%). After a mean follow up of 56 months, 5 patients have died from recurrence of the original neoplastic lesions. We feel that surgical treatment allows improvement in quality of life of patients with radiation enteropathy.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0034-9887
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1338-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Radiation enteritis: the results of surgical treatment].
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Gastroenterología, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract