SECONDARY AMPUTATION OF THE PENIS IN THE SEQUELAE OF LOCAL THERAPY WITH IR-192 FOR CARCINOMA

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 87  (7) , 407-411
Abstract
Patients (4) with severe delayed irradiation complications are reported which required partial or complete secondary amputation of the penis for sequelae of local therapy with Ir. The modes by which this carcinoma spread to the penis and the therapeutic procedures in these 4 cases are reviewed. This led to the question as to whether such conservative treatment by interstitial radiotherapy is well founded. Apparently, treatment by immediate surgery would be better, giving identical results with much shorter treatment, free of the complications reported following radiotherapy.

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