Pelvic exenteration – reconsidering the procedure

Pelvic exenteration remains one of the most destructive surgical procedures in gynecologic oncology, performed in patients with locally advanced malignancies who were considered for a long time as unresectable. However, for these patients, an aggressive surgical approach seems to be the only potenti...

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Autores principales: Bacalbasa, N, Balescu, I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Carol Davila University Press 2015
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Reviews
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4392106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25866569
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description Pelvic exenteration remains one of the most destructive surgical procedures in gynecologic oncology, performed in patients with locally advanced malignancies who were considered for a long time as unresectable. However, for these patients, an aggressive surgical approach seems to be the only potential curative solution. This is a literature review of the most important studies, which analyzes the benefits and the secondary risks of this demanding procedure.
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spelling pubmed-43921062015-06-01 Pelvic exenteration – reconsidering the procedure Bacalbasa, N Balescu, I J Med Life Reviews Pelvic exenteration remains one of the most destructive surgical procedures in gynecologic oncology, performed in patients with locally advanced malignancies who were considered for a long time as unresectable. However, for these patients, an aggressive surgical approach seems to be the only potential curative solution. This is a literature review of the most important studies, which analyzes the benefits and the secondary risks of this demanding procedure. Carol Davila University Press 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4392106/ /pubmed/25866569 Text en ©Carol Davila University Press http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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