Rectourethral fistula following LDR brachytherapy

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-366

  Borchers, Holger ^a   Pinkawa, Michael ^a   Donner, Andreas ^a   Wolter, Timm P ^a   Pallua, Norbert ^a   Eble, Michael J ^a   Jakse, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Prostate cancer; Rectourethral fistula

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

AGED; ANUS CONTINENCE; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; COLOSTOMY; DRUG IMPLANTATION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LOW DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; RECTOURETHRAL FISTULA; RECTUM FISTULA; RECURRENT DISEASE; URETHRA FISTULA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; COLOSTOMY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RECTAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY FISTULA;

EID: 65949093723     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000209374     Document Type: Article

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