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ANTINFLAMMATORY EFFECT OF LEVORAG (THD) EMULGEL ON RADIATION PROCTOCOLITIS AROUND A COLO-ANAL ANASTOMOSIS: AN INNOVATIVE CASE REPORT
2020
Post-radiation proctitis (PRP) is one of most common complications after abdominal and pelvic radiotherapy for different malignancies. Chronic radiation proctitis (CRP) usually develops 90 days or more after radiation. The present study aimed to show the employment of Levorag Emulgel® (THD S.p.A Correggio, Reggio-Emilia, Italy) as off-label topical treatment, by instillation, to resolve the acute phase of PRP around a coloanal anastomosis, in a patient undergone surgery for an adenocarcinoma of the low rectum, then treated with the Gatekeeper® methodic to resolve fecal incontinence as consequence of the first surgical rectal resection. In conclusion, we can affirm that our methodic could re…
OSTEORADIONECROSIS OF THE JAW AFTER HEAD/NECK RADIOTHERAPY: CAUSES AND MANAGEMENT
2019
Radiation therapy in combination with surgery and chemotherapy is the most common oncologic treatment for head and neck tumors. This combination of different therapies rappresents a successful treatment, however there are adverse side effects, the most severe and serious is the osteroradionecrosis (ORN). The primary treatment for ORN is to prevent its occurrence thus the best preventive procedure is to insert all patients in to a pre-cancer treatment dental protocol.