Abstract
From April 1980 to April 1995 a total of 54 patients (53 women, 1 man) were hospitalized in our department for the surgical treatment of radiation enterocolitis. Two surgical protocols were applied for these patients: intestinal decompression procedures alone (intestinal bypass, colostomy, or both; n = 18) or an intestinal resection in addition to decompression (n = 36). The clinical factors contributing to survival after irradiation were retrospectively reviewed by a multiple variate proportional hazards model. As a result, patients treated with decompression procedures alone had an 11 times higher risk for death than those treated with the addition of intestinal resection. In the former group, 5 of 18 patients died of bleeding from the remaining intestine after operation. We concluded that surgical resection of the diseased intestine is a useful procedure for treating radiation enterocolitis to reduce intestinal bleeding from the irradiated intestine.
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