The use of hyperbaric oxygen to treat actinic rectal fistula after SpaceOAR use and radiotherapy for prostate cancer: a case report.

Tairo KashiharaKoji InabaMotokiyo KomiyamaHiroki NakayamaKotaro IijimaShie NishiokaHiroyuki OkamotoNao KikkawaYuko KuboSatoshi ShimaSatoshi NakamuraAyaka TakahashiKana TakahashiKae OkumaNaoya MurakamiHiroshi IgakiYuko NakayamaArinobu FukunagaYoshiyuki MatsuiHiroyuki FujimotoJun Itami

Published in: BMC urology (2020)

Our report indicates that EBRT can lead to a severe rectum complication by causing inflammation for patients with a peri-SpaceOAR abscess. Furthermore, HBOT was effective for the peri-SpaceOAR abscess and rectal perforation associated with EBRT.

Keyphrases

prostate cancer
rectal cancer
locally advanced
oxidative stress
radical prostatectomy
early stage
rare case
radiation therapy
early onset