Construction of an omental envelope as a method of excluding the small intestine from the field of postoperative irradiation to the pelvis.
A technique for excluding the small intestine from the true pelvis in order to permit high dose radiotherapy is described herein. The procedure is done postoperatively after incomplete resection for carcinoma of the colon and rectum.
D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000528:radiation effects*; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery*; D010388:Pelvis; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery