Effectiveness of argon plasma coagulation in the treatment of chronic actinic proctitis Efectividad de la fulguración con argón plasma en el tratamiento de la proctitis actínica crónica

Introduction: there are two kinds of actinic proctitis - one is acute and self-limited, and lasts about 3 months; the other is chronic and develops months to years after radiation therapy. The incidence of chronic actinic proctitis is about 5-20% of radiated prostate tumors. Objective: to evaluate t...

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Main Authors: V. Tormo, P. Wikman Jorgensen, G. García del Castillo, F. Ruiz, A. Martínez Egea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2009-02-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082009000200002