Vesicouterine fistula twenty years following brachytherapy for cervical cancer

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-295

  Memon, Muhammed Ashraf ^a   Zieg, David Alan ^b   Neal, Peter M ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical injury; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Vascularized interposition graft; Vesicouterine fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER FISTULA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RECURRENT INFECTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0031864970     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655998750015485     Document Type: Article

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