BACKGROUND Pelvic exenteration for locally advanced rectal cancer involving prostate has been performed via open surgery.Robotic pelvic exenteration offers benefits of better pelvic visualisation and dissection for bl...
Introduction Pelvic exenteration(PE)refers to the en bloc resection of the involved pelvic organs along with pelvic reconstruction so as to enhance the survival rate for tumor patients.First reported by Brunschwig in ...
AIM To identify short-term and oncologic outcomes of pelvic exenterations(PE) for locally advanced primary rectal cancer(LAPRC) in patients included in a national prospective database.METHODS Few studies report on PE ...
Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile and indications of mutilating eyeball surgery in Abidjan. Patients and methods: This is a retrospective descriptive study on the files of eviscerated, enucleated or e...
Perineal hernia is a rare complication of anterior exenteration.We reported this complication after an anterior exenteration for bladder cancer with bleeding complication requiring packing and second-look laparotomy.P...
Extralevator abdominoperineal excision and pelvic exenteration are mutilating operations that leave wide perineal wounds.Such large wounds are prone to infection and perineal herniation,and their closure is a major co...
Relatively little is known about the oncologic safety of laparoscopic surgery for advanced rectal cancer.Recently, large randomized clinical trials showed that laparoscopic surgery was not inferior to open surgery, as...
AIM: To analyze the major complications after exenteration of gynecological and rectal malignancies.METHODS: Twenty-two patients with gynecological malignancy and 6 with rectal malignancy underwent pelvic exenterati...
The multimodality treatment methods of rectal cancer in China are presented. Extended radical excisions are used for Dukes’ B and C cases to reduce local recurrence. These include: high ligation with clearance of pro...