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THE MANAGEMENT OF RADIATION PROCTITIS

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1980
This paper deals with the clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of acute and delayed forms of radiation Injury of the rectum. A series of thirty‐seven patients with this condition is reported and the current literature is reviewed. Although there have been no major advances in the treatment of this problem, an improvement in results of operative ...
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Formalin Instillation for Hemorrhagic Radiation Proctitis

Surgical Innovation, 2005
Although formalin instillation has been proven to be an effective treatment of hemorrhagic radiation proctitis, different tech niques with varying success rates have been reported. The aim of this study was to assess our experience with formalin instillation for the treatment of radiation proctitis.
Shingo, Tsujinaka   +10 more
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Argon plasma coagulation for radiation proctitis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2006
Rectal blood loss is a common late sequel of radiation proctitis. Teleangiectasias appear in the mucosa in 2-5% of patients after radiotherapy of the pelvis. Since pharmacotherapy is usually not beneficial, local treatment modalities with formalin irrigation, Nd:YAG laser and argon plasma coagulation (APC) have been advocated, but experience is still ...
Dees, Jan   +2 more
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Hemorrhoid management in patients with radiation proctitis

International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 2012
Management of rectal bleeding in patients with radiation proctitis presents a conundrum for practitioners. Surgeons are appropriately concerned about using conventional methods of treatment in these patients, such as cautery for bleeding areas in the rectum, rubber band ligation, or excision of internal and/or external hemorrhoids, for fear of poor ...
Melinda, Hawkins   +2 more
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Radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of radiation proctitis

Endoscopy, 2014
The main endoscopic therapy for radiation proctitis is argon plasma coagulation (APC); however treatment is not always successful. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a possible treatment for radiation proctitis but data are scarce. The aim of this study was to report on the safety and efficacy of RFA in the treatment of radiation proctitis.This study was
Xavier, Dray   +9 more
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Formalin therapy for hemorrhagic radiation proctitis

Pharmacological Reports, 2015
Radiotherapy within pelvis is a vital component of curative therapy for urological, gynecological and rectal malignances. Rectum is especially vulnerable to secondary radiation injury resulting in proctitis. The most common and life-threatening symptom is rectal hemorrhage.
Łukasz Dziki   +5 more
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Local Hydrocortisone Acetate for Radiation Proctitis

Postgraduate Medicine, 1954
In this article is described a means of controlling the disabling symptoms of a common complication seen in radium treatment of carcinoma of the cervix uteri.
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Radiation proctitis: a review.

The American journal of gastroenterology, 1996
Radiation therapy of cancers in the pelvic region may lead to radiation proctitis. Radiation injury to the rectal wall eventually causes connective tissue fibrosis and obliterative endarteritis with subsequent local tissue ischemia. Patients with radiation proctitis may be minimally ill and heal spontaneously. However, symptoms of proctitis may persist,
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Acute radiation proctitis

The Lancet, 2001
Christopher Leighton   +2 more
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