TY - JOUR
T1 - Delayed urinary bladder perforation in a hostile post-radiation pelvis
AU - Lee, Hanjoo
AU - Rojas, Aram
AU - Gachabayov, Mahir
AU - Latifi, Rifat
AU - Bergamaschi, Roberto
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Royal Belgian Society for Surgery.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The radiation-induced injury to normal tissue is a well-described phenomenon that incites tissue hypoxia, vascular damage, and parenchymal cell death. In addition to the morbidity caused by the radiation-induced injury itself, surgical management adds to the overall morbidity in these patients. We herein present a case demonstrating challenges of surgical management of urological complications in a radiated pelvis including delayed bladder perforation, recurrence of vesicovaginal fistula, and ureteral stricture. Nonoperative management strategies should be exhausted prior to surgical intervention.
AB - The radiation-induced injury to normal tissue is a well-described phenomenon that incites tissue hypoxia, vascular damage, and parenchymal cell death. In addition to the morbidity caused by the radiation-induced injury itself, surgical management adds to the overall morbidity in these patients. We herein present a case demonstrating challenges of surgical management of urological complications in a radiated pelvis including delayed bladder perforation, recurrence of vesicovaginal fistula, and ureteral stricture. Nonoperative management strategies should be exhausted prior to surgical intervention.
KW - Retzius abscess
KW - Urinary bladder perforation
KW - radiated pelvis
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U2 - 10.1080/00015458.2020.1871288
DO - 10.1080/00015458.2020.1871288
M3 - Article
C2 - 33496199
AN - SCOPUS:85100742878
SN - 0001-5458
VL - 121
SP - 152
EP - 153
JO - Acta Chirurgica Belgica
JF - Acta Chirurgica Belgica
IS - 2
ER -