Argon Plasma Coagulation
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (12 of 14)
Various factors are associated with a high risk of late radiation complications: advanced age, hypertension, anaemia, poor nutrition status, diabetes mellitus, obesity, previous abdominal or pelvic...
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (11 of 14)
Sequelae of Radiotherapy. The incidence of severe complications rises with the total dose. The higher the dose the better the local control of the disease; however the complication rate is also higher....
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (9 of 14)
The image and the video display the argon plasma coagulator beam inside of the rectal tissue. The efficacy and safety of argon plasma coagulation therapy in the post radiation colitis is becoming as...
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (7 of 14)
As many as half of the patients with various cancers receive some form of radiation. One to three weeks later, almost 50 to 75 percent experienced a subacute gastrointestinal syndrome. An estimated...
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (6 of 14)
Radiation is a common therapy administered to patients with malignant disease in the pelvis, within or outside the abdomen. It may be administered alone or in conjunction with various types of chemotherapy,...
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (5 of 14)
Argon Plasma Coagulation treatment, in a case of post radiation proctitis, due to prostatic carcinoma. Radiation proctosigmoiditis is a frequent complication of radiation therapy, used in the treatment...
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (4 of 14)
Argon Plasma Coagulation beam, in a case of post radiation proctitis, due to prostatic carcinoma 3 years before. The patient underwent radiotherapy. Six months later that patient started with rectal...
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (3 of 14)
Radiation Proctitis. Post-irradiation proctopathy in a 71 year-old man, who had underwent radiation therapy for prostatic carcinoma. The image and the video display hemorrhage, clots and telangiectasias.
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (2 of 14)
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis. The typical endoscopic appearance is characterized by telangiectasias and hemorrhagic mucosal changes. The symptoms may arise months to years after the end of radiotherapy...
Radiation Proctosigmoiditis (1 of 14)
Post-irradiation proctopathy in a 71 year-old man, who underwent radiation therapy for prostatic carcinoma. The image and the video display hemorrhage, clots and telangiectasias.
Post-Radiation Colitis (4 of 4)
Status post the argon treatment, image in retrofletion. Radiation has been used in the treatment of cancers since the 1930's. It still remains the mainstay of treatment for cervical and vaginal carcinomas...
Post-Radiation Colitis (3 of 4)
Therapy with argon plasma coagulator (APC) Argon Plasma Coagulation, or APC for short, is a new method of electrocoagulation. As a result, it allows for the non-contact application of electrical energy...
Post-Radiation Colitis (2 of 4)
Hemorrhagic radiation proctitis. Retroflexed image. The proctitis has affected only 3 centimeters above the pectinea line. Radiation injury is the damage to the soft tissue and bone, following radiation...
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