{"title":"Implantation of a silastic balloon for reduction of radiation injuries of the bowel in two children with neuroblastoma.","authors":"R Hawliczek, W Pumberger, W Geissler, P Wurnig","doi":"10.1007/978-3-642-72643-9_12","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two children with stage IV neuroblastoma died from severe reactions of the bowel due to radio-chemotherapy. This led to the suggestion of protecting the bowel by implantation of a silastic balloon to push the bowel away from the treatment volume. This procedure was tried in two children with stage IV neuroblastoma and resulted in excellent tolerance of the high-dose radiotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":76378,"journal":{"name":"Progress in pediatric surgery","volume":"22 ","pages":"146-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Progress in pediatric surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72643-9_12","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Two children with stage IV neuroblastoma died from severe reactions of the bowel due to radio-chemotherapy. This led to the suggestion of protecting the bowel by implantation of a silastic balloon to push the bowel away from the treatment volume. This procedure was tried in two children with stage IV neuroblastoma and resulted in excellent tolerance of the high-dose radiotherapy.