Erschienen in:
04.11.2019 | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: Major Morbidity After Extended Radical Resections for Locally Advanced and Recurrent Pelvic Malignancies
verfasst von:
Oliver Peacock, BMBS, PhD, FRCS, Peadar S. Waters, MBBCh, MD, FRCS, Frank A. Frizelle, MBChB, MMedSc, FRACS, Jacob J. McCormick, FRACS
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 2/2020
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Excerpt
Pelvic exenteration was previously deemed a palliative procedure, but advances in healthcare have brought dramatic oncological improvements and reduced morbidity.
1 In recent decades, an attempt to offer a chance of cure to greater numbers of patients with more advanced disease has enabled the development of more radical techniques.
2 Current data demonstrate that long-term survival after multivisceral resection is achievable in more than 50% of selected patients with an acceptable quality of life.
2 However, the surgical community has been slow to accept multivisceral resections, undoubtedly due to concerns about significant morbidity and mortality rates based on historical data.
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