Open AccessFeasibility of robotic assisted bladder sparing pelvic exenteration for locally advanced rectal cancer: A single institution case series
Author(s) -
Nathaniel H Heah,
Kar Yong Wong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v12.i4.190
Subject(s) - medicine , pelvic exenteration , surgery , coloanal anastomosis , prostatectomy , cystectomy , abdominoperineal resection , rectum , prostate , colorectal cancer , bladder cancer , cancer
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 bladder preserving prostatectomy with vesicourethral anastomosis, while achieving clear margins.