title: Surgical management of small bowel injury following radiation therapy.
abstract: Radiation enteritis is a rare complication of abdominopelvic radiotherapy at the present time. Chronic radiation enteritis with complications, e.g. stricture, perforation and fistula formation, causes significant morbidity and mortality. We present our experience with 4 cases of small bowel radiation injury manifested by intestinal obstruction or perforation. Wide resection of the lesion bowel with non-irradiated bowel for anastomosis will resolve the poor healing capacity of the irradiated bowel and obtain a satisfying results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Taichung Veteran General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004751:Enteritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*