Laparoscopic surgery for chronic radiation enteritis

Female, 57 years old, was admitted to the hospital with “abdominal pain and distension with anus stopping defecation for 20 days”. Current medical history: In November 2011, she underwent hysterectomy + bilateral adnexectomy + pelvic lymph node dissection for endometrial cancer, and was treated with 28 times of postoperative extracorporeal radiotherapy, with the specific dosage unknown. Laparoscopic-assisted small bowel resection + ileocolic resection, ileocecal anastomosis Abdominal CT showed intestinal obstruction Laparoscopic demonstration of extensive dense pelvic adhesions Lumpectomy to separate adhesions Lumpectomy to separate and resect the radiologically damaged small bowel from the pelvis Surgery with a small incision, less trauma, and faster recovery Another patient underwent a cesarean section to treat chronic radiculitis (compared with the laparoscopic surgery, the incision was large, traumatic, and slow to recover). Another patient was treated for chronic radiation enteritis by cesarean section (large incision, high trauma, slow recovery compared to laparoscopic surgery)