Pubic symphysis septic arthritis due to urosymphyseal fistula: Conservative management can work

Urosymphyseal fistula (UF) is an uncommon complication in patients with prostate cancer who undergo radiation therapy. UF formation can lead to complications such as symphyseal septic arthritis or osteomyelitis with consequences of severe illness and pain. Often major surgical correction is required...

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Autores principales: Mehawed, Georges, Ranasinghe, Sachinka, Roberts, Matthew J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Inflammation and Infection
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9972553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36866339
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102356
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description Urosymphyseal fistula (UF) is an uncommon complication in patients with prostate cancer who undergo radiation therapy. UF formation can lead to complications such as symphyseal septic arthritis or osteomyelitis with consequences of severe illness and pain. Often major surgical correction is required, however this case report demonstrates that a less invasive approach may be successful in select patients.
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spelling pubmed-99725532023-03-01 Pubic symphysis septic arthritis due to urosymphyseal fistula: Conservative management can work Mehawed, Georges Ranasinghe, Sachinka Roberts, Matthew J. Urol Case Rep Inflammation and Infection Urosymphyseal fistula (UF) is an uncommon complication in patients with prostate cancer who undergo radiation therapy. UF formation can lead to complications such as symphyseal septic arthritis or osteomyelitis with consequences of severe illness and pain. Often major surgical correction is required, however this case report demonstrates that a less invasive approach may be successful in select patients. Elsevier 2023-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9972553/ /pubmed/36866339 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102356 Text en © 2023 Published by Elsevier Inc. https://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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Pubic symphysis septic arthritis due to urosymphyseal fistula: Conservative management can work
title Pubic symphysis septic arthritis due to urosymphyseal fistula: Conservative management can work
title_full Pubic symphysis septic arthritis due to urosymphyseal fistula: Conservative management can work
title_fullStr Pubic symphysis septic arthritis due to urosymphyseal fistula: Conservative management can work
title_full_unstemmed Pubic symphysis septic arthritis due to urosymphyseal fistula: Conservative management can work
title_short Pubic symphysis septic arthritis due to urosymphyseal fistula: Conservative management can work
title_sort pubic symphysis septic arthritis due to urosymphyseal fistula: conservative management can work
topic Inflammation and Infection
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9972553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36866339
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102356
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