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由MCTsai著作·2009—ArgonPlasmaCoagulationwithLowerEnergiesforHemorrhagicRadiationProctitis:Reportofa...臺灣消化醫學雜誌；26卷3期(2009/09/01)，P23-28.

Radiation proctopathy (RP) is a troublesome complication of radiotherapy for pelvic malignancies and its incidence is around 5%-7.5%. We present a 79-year-old man who began passing fresh blood from his rectum after prostate cancer radiotherapy before admission to the hospital. Colonoscopy revealed friable rectal mucosa oozing blood. Under the diagnosis of hemorrhagic radiation proctitis, the patient was underwent two sessions of argon plasma coagulation (APC) at a power setting of 30 W and 1.5 L/min flow rate; bleeding stopped after treatment. For 13 months after the first APC treatment, the patient was in good condition and without recurrent rectal bleeding. Review of the literature for the treatment of PR bleeding showed that endoscopic treatment modalities are superior to medical therapy alone or surgical intervention. In 1991, Grund and Farin et al. first performed APC with a...