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Pediatric urological complications with intraoperative radiation therapy
M L Ritchey1, L L Gunderson, W A Smithson
1Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
The Journal of Urology
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Intraoperative radiotherapy with variable energy electrons has been used as a supplemental boost to treat 6 children with locally advanced retroperitoneal malignancies. Of the patients 4 had treatment-related injuries to portions of the urinary tract within the intraoperative and external radiation fields. Three patients had significant renal impairment requiring surgical correction. The pathogenesis and management of treatment-induced injury to the urinary tract are discussed.