Author | Year | Origin | Number | Indication | Radiotherapy | Site | Insertion & removal | Expander size | fixation | Radiation dose | complications due to prosthesis |
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Sugarbaker[8] | 1983 | Washington DC, USA | 1 | unspecified | adjuvant | pelvis | open | up to 1000 ml | prosthetic mesh to pelvic brim | 65 Gy | no |
Lasser et al[9] | 1986 | Paris, France | 9 | rectal cancer | adjuvant | pelvis | open | Â | ? | ? | no |
Armstrong et al[14] | 1990 | New York, USA | 2 | fibrosarcoma | adjuvant | renal bed | open | 400-500 ml | none | 30 Gy | no |
Cuttat et al[15] | 1991 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 4 | rectal cancer | adjuvant | pelvis | open | 500 ml | ? | ? | no |
Delaloye et al[12] | 1994 | Vandois, Switzerland | 18 | cervical cancer | adjuvant | pelvis | open | 350-400 ml | absorbable suture | 56-60.8 Gy | hydronephrosis (n = 1) constipation 9 (n = 1) |
Hoffman et al[18] | 1998 | Philadelphia, USA | 58 | sarcomas & endometrial, vaginal, rectal, colon & anal cancer | adjuvant (n = 57) primary (n = 1) | pelvis & lower abdomen | open | 550-1,500 ml | absorbable suture | 40-50 Gy | abscess (n = 4) fistula (n = 4), extrusion (n = 1) |
Sezeur et al[10] | 1999 | Paris, France | 22 | retroperitoneal sarcoma and pelvic cancer. | adjuvant | pelvis & abdomen | open | ? | ? | 30-65 Gy | heaviness (n = 1) flank pain (n = 1) |
Burnett et al[11] | 2000 | Los Angeles, USA | 7 | cervical cancer | adjuvant | pelvis | open | 750-1,500 ml | absorbable suture | 50.4 Gy | adhesions of bowel to implant (n = 1) pulmonary embolism (n = 1) |
Abhyankar et al[13] | 2005 | Wales, UK | 1 | rhabdomyosarcoma | adjuvant | right upper abdomen | open | 250 ml | mesh | 45 Gy | no |
Hølmebakk et al[16] | 2006 | Oslo, Norway | 1 | Retroperitoneal recurrence of colorectal cancer | adjuvant | pelvic | open | 500 ml | sutured & omental sling | 50 Gy | no |
White et al[20] | 2007 | Calgary, Canada | 33 | sarcomas & endometrial, vaginal, rectal & colon cancer | neo-adjuvant (n = 25) adjuvant (n = 1) primary (n = 11) | pelvis & abdomen | open | 700 ml | Dexon® mesh | 45-50 Gy | Cystitis (n = 1) Ileus (n = 1) |
Hong et al[19] | 2008 | Sydney, Australia | 2 | retroperitoneal sarcoma & abdominal wall sarcoma | adjuvant | lower abdomen | open | 1000 ml | ? | 50 Gy | no |
Angster et al[17] | 2010 | Baltimore, USA | 2 | cervical cancer & retroperitoneal sarcoma | adjuvant | pelvis & abdomen | open | 400 ml & 500 ml | none | ? | no |
McKay et al | 2011 | Sydney, Australia | 1 | prostate cancer | primary | pelvis | laparoscopic | 500 ml | absorbable suture | 80 Gy | No |