A prospective evaluation of surgical outcomes of laparoscopic transperitoneal radical cystectomy/anterior pelvic exenteration: our surgical technique and experience Anup Kumar, Niraj Kumar, Gaurav Kumar, Mikir Patel, Pankaj Gupta Department of Urology & Renal Transplant VMM C & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India

Although the incidence of local recurrence after curative resection of rectal cancer has decreased due to the understanding of the anatomy of pelvic structures and the adoption of total mesorectal excision, local recurrence in the pelvis still remains a significant and troublesome complication. While surgery for recurrent rectal cancer may offer a chance for a cure, conservative management, inc...

BACKGROUND Pelvic exenteration is an extensive surgical procedure performed for locally advanced cancers in the pelvis. AIMS The twenty-year experience with this procedure at the Cancer Institute has been analyzed for morbidity, failure pattern and survival. SETTINGS AND DESIGN The case records of all the patients who had undergone pelvic exenteration between 1981 and 2000 at Cancer Institu...

expanded in the last years. Published data has demonstrated the feasibility and safety of this technique for several several gynecologic oncology procedures. Main advantages when compared to open approach are less blood loss, decreased morbidity, shorter hospital stay, and earlier recovery. Tumor dissemination and port site implantation have been described for patients undergoing operative lapa...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to assess the clinical outcomes of pelvic exenteration for patients with primary locally advanced colorectal cancer (LACRC) or locally recurrent colorectal cancer (LRCRC), and to identify clinically relevant prognostic factors. METHODS Between January 2001 and December 2010, 40 consecutive patients with primary LACRC or LRCRC underwent pelvic exenterati...

Patient aged 64 with parastomal hernia on a terminal colostomy and Bricker ileal conduit following pelvic exenteration in the context of locally advanced low rectal adenocarcinoma.

Pánevní exenterace (PE) je specifická, komplexní a rozsáhlá operace umožňující erudovanému týmu při vhodné selekci pacientky s pánevní recidivou dosáhnout jejího vyléčení. Výkon radikalitou specificitou potřebných chirurgických zkušeností výjimečný vyžaduje multioborový tým centralizaci.

PURPOSE This study evaluates the effectiveness of total pelvic exenteration with distal sacrectomy for fixed recurrent tumor that developed from primary rectal cancer. METHODS We investigated surgical indications, techniques to minimize blood loss and reduce complications, and oncological outcomes in 57 patients who underwent total pelvic exenteration with distal sacrectomy between 1983 and 2...