title: Complications of combined radical hysterectomy and pelvic radiation.
abstract: Long-term gastrointestinal (GI) and urinary tract (UT) complications were evaluated in 48 women treated by radical hysterectomy (RH) and pelvic node dissection (PND) and in 25 women who received 5000-5400 rad of external pelvic radiation (RT) after RH-PND. No major complications developed in the surgery-only group, but the 5-year minor GI complication rate was 4% and the 5-year minor UT complication rate was 10%. In 9 patients receiving RT at 200 rad/day, one major GI complication (13%) and one major UT complication (14%) developed. In 16 patients receiving RT at 180 rad/day only minor GI complications (7%) and minor UT complications (13%) developed. The conclusion is that after RH-PND, adjunctive RT delivered at 180 rad/day through four ports results in acceptable, minimal complications.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012042:Registries; D012306:Risk; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery