[Complications of urinary diversion after radiotherapy].
Primary radiation therapy may be recommended for patients with invasive bladder cancer, gynecological or prostatic cancer. When complications occur or in case of malignant recurrence, urinary diversion may be the best chance to restore an acceptable quality of life. The complication rate after this surgery is doubled. We report our experience in 32 patients submitted to urinary diversion after radiotherapy from 1985 to 2000: 2 enteric fistulas; 2 urinary fistulas; 5 stenosis of uretero-intestinal anastomosis were our complications. Radical cystectomy (24 cases) or anterior pelvic exenteration (8 females) preceded urinary diversion. Preoperative high-dose radiotherapy contributes to increased postoperative morbidity rates, particularly entero-enteric fistulas, uro-intestinal fistulas and stenosis of the uretero-intestinal anastomosis. In our experience, in most of the major urinary or enteric complications non surgical management was inefficient and surgical management was necessary.
U.O. di Urologia, Ospedale Carlo Poma di Mantova, Mantova, Italy. urologia.mantova@virgilio.it
Candido
C
Bondavalli
Bruno
B
Dall'Oglio
Lino
L
Schiavon
Marco
M
Luciano
Stefano
S
Guatelli
Paolo
P
Parma
Vincenzo
V
Galletta
D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D015653:Cystectomy; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000009:adverse effects; D014513:Ureter / Q000293:injuries*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000009:adverse effects; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy