ArticleTherapeutic advances in gastroenterology2009
Effective treatment of chronic radiation proctitis using radiofrequency ablation.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Treatment for Chronic Hemorrhagic Radiation Enteropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Advances in therapy · 2026Pooled it
- Prevention and management of radiotherapy-related toxicities in gynecological malignancies. Position paper on behalf of AIRO (Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology).La Radiologia medica · 2024Guideline
- The Benefits and Harms of Pharmacological Treatment for Postradiation Pelvic Pain: A Systematic Review by the European Association of Urology Chronic Pelvic Pain Panel with Recommendations for Clinical Practice.European urology open science · 2023Review
- A Retrospective Single-Arm Cohort Study in a Single Center of Radiofrequency Ablation in Treatment of Chronic Radiation Proctitis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Update on the management of the gastrointestinal effects of radiation.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2021Review
- The Impact of Prostate Cancer Treatment on Quality of Life: A Narrative Review with a Focus on Randomized Data.Research and reports in urology · 2020Review
- Assessment of chronic radiation proctopathy and radiofrequency ablation treatment follow-up with optical coherence tomography angiography: A pilot study.World journal of gastroenterology · 2019Observational
- Radiofrequency ablation for patients with refractory symptomatic anaemia secondary to gastric antral vascular ectasia.United European gastroenterology journal · 2019Article
- Management of Radiation Proctitis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2018Review
- Radiofrequency ablation for gastric antral vascular ectasia and radiation proctitis.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2017Article
- Radiofrequency Ablation for Treatment of Refractory Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2017Review
- Endoscopic applications of cryospray ablation therapy-from Barrett's esophagus and beyond.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2016Review
- Endoscopic and non-endoscopic approaches for the management of radiation-induced rectal bleeding.World journal of gastroenterology · 2016Review
- Chronic haemorrhagic radiation proctitis: A review.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2016Review
- Exploring the Management of Radiation Proctitis in Current Clinical Practice.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016Review
- Pelvic radiation disease: Updates on treatment options.World journal of clinical oncology · 2015Review
- Biophotonic endoscopy: a review of clinical research techniques for optical imaging and sensing of early gastrointestinal cancer.Endoscopy international open · 2015Review
- [Endoscopic management of lower gastrointestinal bleeding].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2015Review
- Emerging indications of endoscopic radiofrequency ablation.United European gastroenterology journal · 2015Review
- Radiation proctopathy.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2015Review
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Abstract
Endoscopic argon plasma coagulation and bipolar electrocautery are currently preferred treatments for chronic radiation proctitis, but ulcerations and strictures frequently occur. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has been successful for mucosal ablation in the esophagus. Here we report the efficacy of RFA with the BarRx Halo(90) system in three patients with bleeding from chronic radiation proctitis. In all cases, the procedure was well tolerated and hemostasis was achieved after 1 or 2 RFA sessions. Re-epithelialization of squamous mucosa was observed over areas of prior hemorrhage. No stricturing or ulceration was seen on follow-up up to 19 months after RFA treatment. Real-time endoscopic optical coherence tomography (EOCT) visualized epithelialization and subsurface tissue microvasculature pre- and post-treatment, demonstrating its potential for follow-up assessment of endoscopic therapies.
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