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  • Title: Intestinal failure after surgery for complicated radiation enteritis.
    Author: Girvent M, Carlson GL, Anderson I, Shaffer J, Irving M, Scott NA.
    Journal: Ann R Coll Surg Engl; 2000 May; 82(3):198-201. PubMed ID: 10858685.
    Abstract:
    Between 1983 and 1997, a total of 16 patients were referred to a tertiary Intestinal Failure Unit (IFU) following surgery elsewhere for complications of radiation enteritis. Eleven were female with a mean age of 43 years (range 21-71 years) and the most common primary site of malignancy was genitourinary (n = 13). Patients had undergone an average of two laparotomies (range 1-7 laparotomies) for complications of radiation enteritis prior to transfer to the IFU. On admission, the principal problem in eight patients was persisting intestinal fistulation, four patients had continuing intestinal obstruction and four had the short bowel syndrome after extensive intestinal resection. Only one patient had evidence of residual malignancy; this patient with short bowel syndrome was allowed home without invasive therapy. Of the remaining 15 patients, 12 required an abdominal surgical procedure, while three were discharged without further surgery after training for home parenteral nutrition (HPN). Following abdominal surgery, five patients died in hospital, but the remaining seven patients went home alive--including two further patients on HPN. Overall, of the 15 patients referred with intestinal failure after surgery for complications of radiation enteritis and actively treated, one-third died in hospital and a further third required institution of HPN before being able to be discharged home.
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