Rectosigmoid ischemia following blunt abdominal trauma in a patient treated with radiation therapy: case report. |
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| Authors: | M C Norotsky S R Shackford |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington. |
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| Abstract: | Ionizing radiation, frequently used to treat cancer, is known to injure skin and blood vessels and to deleteriously affect wound healing. We present the case of a patient whose previous radiation treatment predisposed him to colonic ischemia following blunt abdominal trauma. |
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