title: Prevention of radiation enteritis after abdominoperineal resection and radiotherapy.
abstract: The method described, aimed at preventing radiation enteritis in patients undergoing radiotherapy, postabdominoperineal resection is simple enough, does not materially prolong the time of operation and in our experience, thus far, seems to be effective.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004751:Enteritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010502:Perineum / Q000601:surgery; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011833:Radiation Injuries, Experimental / Q000517:prevention & control; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*