Exclusion of small bowel from pelvis for postoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer

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Reconstructive surgery of the pelvis after surgery for rectal cancer

✍ Tzvi Small; David J. Friedman; Mark Sultan 📂 Article 📅 2000 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 176 KB 👁 2 views

The role of the reconstructive surgeon has increased with an increasingly aggressive surgical approach to locally advanced rectal carcinoma. Multiple options exist for pelvic floor reconstruction. Muscle and myocutaneous flaps for pelvic-floor reconstruction provide well vascularized tissues which m