title: [Secondary amputation of the penis in the sequelae of local therapy with iridium 192 for carcinoma (author's transl)].
abstract: The author reports 4 cases of severe delayed irradiation complications which required partial or complete secondary amputation of the penis for sequelae of local therapy with Iridium. After reviewing the modes of spread of carcinoma of the penis and the various therapeutic possibilities in the light of these 4 cases, the author raises the question as to whether such conservative treatment by interstitial radiotherapy is well-founded. He would tend to suggest immediate surgery giving an identical result at the price of much shorter treatment and which would be free of the complications reported following radiotherapy.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D007495:Iridium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D007495:Iridium
vernacular_title: L'amputation secondaire de la verge dans les séquelles de la curiethérapie à l'iridium 192 pour cancer.