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Use of Absorbable Mesh to Displace Bowel and Avoid Radiation Enteropathy, during Therapy of Pelvic Ewing's Sarcoma

Department of Radiotherapy, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE

W.S. Shand

Department of Surgery, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE

D.B. Jackson

Department of Surgery, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE

The use of absorbable polyglactin 910 mesh (Vicryl) is described in a case of Ewing's sarcoma of the pelvis. An operation was performed to hold the small bowel and colon out of the pelvis for a temporary period during which radical radiotherapy was delivered. The mesh allowed the temporary displacement of bowel and obviated bowel radiation morbidity.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 3, No. 3, 229-237 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/096032718400300307


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