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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-2-11
pubmed:abstractText
Sixty-eight patients at the University of Illinois, Cook County, and the West Side Veterans Administration hospitals underwent pelvic exenteration for advanced pelvic malignancies during the 15-year period from 1969 to 1984. Thirty-two had colorectal cancers, eleven cervical, seven bladder, and six vulvar; in twelve the cancers were in miscellaneous pelvic sites. Forty-five exenterations were done with intent to cure, and twenty-three for palliation of patients with bulky, necrotic tumors that had caused symptomatic fistulae, local sepsis, chronic bleeding, or severe localized pain. The total 30-day postoperative mortality was 4.4% (3/68). The 5-year survival rate of patients who underwent curative exenteration was 33% (median 27 months). Pelvic exenteration appears to be a feasible surgical procedure for a variety of advanced malignancies as well as for palliation of severely symptomatic patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-4790
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
231-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Pelvic exenteration.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't