[Coloanal anastomosis (Parks operation) in the treatment of acute radiation rectitis].
OBJECTIVE
To assess immediate and late results of Parks operation in the treatment of severe radiation rectitis.


METHODS
Retrospective review of clinical histories of 35 patients with uterine cervical cancer, 5 with endometrial cancer and one with vaginal cancer that received radiotherapy. Two years as a mean after radiotherapy, 14 women had rectal bleeding, 19 fistulae, 7 stenosis and 1 a rectal ulceration. All were initially treated with a discharge colostomy and after a mean interval of 1.6 years, a Parks operation was performed.


RESULTS
One patient died after surgery (2.4%) due to peritonitis and sepsis. Early surgical complications were necrosis of descended colon in 2, intra-abdominal abscess in 1, splenic rupture in 1 and postoperative bleeding in 1. Colostomy was closed in 37 patients three months after surgery. During late follow up (ranging from 3 to 64 months) rectal continence has been assessed as good in 30 patients, fair in 5 and bad in 2. Three women required a new colostomy.


CONCLUSIONS
Parks operation is a viable therapeutic alternative for severe radiation rectitis.
San Martín
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Instituto Oncológico Dr Caupolicán Pardo Correa, Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago de Chile.
Arraztoa
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Trujillo
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011349:Proctitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
Anastomosis coloanal (operación de Parks) para el tratamiento de la rectitis actínica grave.