They told him that he required radical surgery, known as pelvic exenteration.
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A number of factors have been shown to influence the survival rates following a pelvic exenteration procedure.
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Brunschwig developed pelvic exenteration surgery, which removes major organs from the patient's pelvic cavity.
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Recent literature has shown that pelvic exenteration can provide long-term survival for patients with locally advanced primary rectal carcinoma.
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The 5-year survival rate of patients undergoing pelvic exenteration following complete resection of disease was 59.3 %.
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It was into this environment that Frederick E . Kredel first proposed the operation in February 1951 while discussing a paper on pelvic exenteration.
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Pelvic exenteration is controversial, because it is one of the most aggressive and disfiguring surgeries used in oncology, and has not been subject to controlled clinical trials.
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This is a mutilating operation and is only done as a last resort ( e . g . when even pelvic exenteration does not work or in cases of advanced pelvic / reproductive cancers)
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Depending on the extent of the cancer, procedures may include a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, biopsies throughout the peritoneum and abdominal lymphatic system, omentectomy, splenectomy, bowel resection, diaphragm stripping or resection, appendectomy, or even a posterior pelvic exenteration.
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Lessons learned from battle field injuries quickened innovative treatment of congenital and acquired conditions . . . [ the general surgeon ] devised extensive cancer operations including extended radical mastectomy, radical gastrectomy and pancreatectomy, pelvic exenteration, the'Commando Operation'( tongue, jaw and neck dissection ), bilateral back dissection, hemipelvectomy, and then hemicorporectomy or translumbar amputation, referred to as the most revolutionary of all operative procedures.
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