A case of haemorrhagic radiation proctitis: Successful treatment with argon plasma coagulation

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 901-904

  Isomoto, Hajime ^a   Hazama, Hiroaki ^a   Shikuwa, Saburo ^b   Omagari, Katsuhisa ^a   Mizuta, Yohei ^a   Murase, Kunihiko ^a   Murata, Ikuo ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argon plasma coagulation; Haematochezia; Radiation proctitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE CRYPT; JAPAN; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; STANDARDIZATION; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS CANCER; CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; LASER COAGULATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ARGON; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CERVIX NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MIDDLE AGE; PROCTITIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ARGON;

EID: 0036667977     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200208000-00018     Document Type: Article

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