ArticleClinical and experimental gastroenterology2014
Radiofrequency ablation using BarRx for the endoscopic treatment of radiation proctopathy: a series of three cases.
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- Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Treatment for Chronic Hemorrhagic Radiation Enteropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Advances in therapy · 2026Pooled it
- Radiofrequency ablation: Solution for a long-time therapeutic dilemma of chronic radiation proctitis?Endoscopy international open · 2025Article
- DDS-SIRC Cooperative Conferences Feel the Burn: RFA for Chronic Radiation Proctitis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2024Article
- Diode Laser Therapy for Radiation-Induced Vascular Ectasia: Long-Term Results and Cost Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A Retrospective Single-Arm Cohort Study in a Single Center of Radiofrequency Ablation in Treatment of Chronic Radiation Proctitis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Endoscopic diode laser therapy for chronic radiation proctitis.Lasers in medical science · 2018Article
- Radiofrequency ablation using BarrxClinical and experimental gastroenterology · 2017Article
- Chronic radiation proctopathy: A practical review of endoscopic treatment.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2016Review
- Pelvic radiation disease: Updates on treatment options.World journal of clinical oncology · 2015Review
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Abstract
Radiation proctopathy is a complication of pelvic radiotherapy, which occurs in patients treated for carcinoma of the prostate, rectum, urinary bladder, cervix, uterus, and testes. If it presents within 6 weeks to 9 months after therapy, it is called acute radiation proctitis/proctopathy (ARP), and if it occurs 9 months to a year after treatment, it is classified as chronic radiation proctitis/proctopathy (CRP). CRP occurs in 5%-20% of patients receiving pelvic radiation, depending on the radiation dose and the presence or absence of chemotherapy. In many cases, CRP resolves spontaneously, but in some, it can lead to persistent rectal bleeding. Other symptoms of CRP include diarrhea, mucoid discharge, urgency, tenesmus, rectal pain, and fecal incontinence. Despite the availability of several therapies, many patients fail to respond, and continue to suffer in their quality of life. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a newer endoscopic technique that uses radiofrequency energy to ablate tissue. This is an emerging way to treat radiation proctopathy and other mucosal telangiectasia. We present three cases of radiation proctopathy treated with RFA at our institute and review the literature on treatment modalities for CRP. We were also able to find 16 other cases of CRP that used RFA, and review their literature as well as literature on other treatment modalities.
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