Use of a tissue expander to protect small bowel during radiotherapy in a cervical cancer patient with severe Crohn's disease

• Inflammatory bowel disease increases the risk of radiation enteritis. • Tissue expanders displace bowel from the radiation field. • Thromboembolism and fistulae may be risks associated with tissue expander placement. A Vicryl mesh hammock may prevent bowel from entering the radiation field.

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Autores principales: Ravn, Sarah, Pearcey, Robert, Capstick, Valerie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4688864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2015.08.004
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spelling pubmed-46888642016-01-20 Use of a tissue expander to protect small bowel during radiotherapy in a cervical cancer patient with severe Crohn's disease Ravn, Sarah Pearcey, Robert Capstick, Valerie Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Report • Inflammatory bowel disease increases the risk of radiation enteritis. • Tissue expanders displace bowel from the radiation field. • Thromboembolism and fistulae may be risks associated with tissue expander placement. A Vicryl mesh hammock may prevent bowel from entering the radiation field. Elsevier 2015-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4688864/ /pubmed/26793765 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2015.08.004 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Use of a tissue expander to protect small bowel during radiotherapy in a cervical cancer patient with severe Crohn's disease
title Use of a tissue expander to protect small bowel during radiotherapy in a cervical cancer patient with severe Crohn's disease
title_full Use of a tissue expander to protect small bowel during radiotherapy in a cervical cancer patient with severe Crohn's disease
title_fullStr Use of a tissue expander to protect small bowel during radiotherapy in a cervical cancer patient with severe Crohn's disease
title_full_unstemmed Use of a tissue expander to protect small bowel during radiotherapy in a cervical cancer patient with severe Crohn's disease
title_short Use of a tissue expander to protect small bowel during radiotherapy in a cervical cancer patient with severe Crohn's disease
title_sort use of a tissue expander to protect small bowel during radiotherapy in a cervical cancer patient with severe crohn's disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4688864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2015.08.004
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