Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer
RCT T/stage (S) status Number of patients Median age (years) Local recurrence rate at 5 years % OS at 5 years % German trial: pre op [29] T1–T4 405 62…
Setting Up Simulation Training for Pelvic Surgery
Fig. 2.1 Factors affecting the clinical pathway of a surgical patient. The WHO checklist for surgical safety is a means to ensure Human and Team factors. A quality control for…
Anatomy of the Rectum and Anus
4. Ayoub SF. Arterial supply to the human rectum. Acta Anat (Basel). 1978;100(3):317–27.CrossRef 5. Sato K, Sato T. The vascular and neuronal composition of the lateral ligament of the rectum…
Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Advanced Ovarian Cancer, Including Biological Agents
Study N Study population Treatment arms PFS (months) OS (months) GOG 111 410 Stage III with residual disease >1 cm after initial surgery or stage IV disease Cisplatin (75 mg/m2)/Cyclophosphamide…
Treatment of Early Ovarian Cancer
Author Nr. patients Nr.of pts having pregnancies Nr. of pts with term deliveries Nr. of pts with abortion Colombo [66] 24 7 6 – Zanetta [65] 56 20 17 babies…
Chemoradiation for Cervical Cancer
Fig. 36.1 Reduction in the risk (1 − relative risk) of death from six chemoradiation clinical trials in cervix cancer. (■) Risk reduction, (—) 95 % confidence interval, Cis cisplatin,…
Management of Pelvic Retroperitoneal Tumors
Fig. 21.1 (a) Standard lymph node dissection for prostate cancer includes the lymph nodes adjacent to the external iliac vein and the obturator fossa, extending from the node of Cloquet…
Minimally Invasive Therapies for Pelvic Urological Cancer
Serum PSA PSA <15 ng/ml PSA >15 ng/ml should be counselled with caution Clinical stage T1c–T2a Pathology Gleason score 3 + 3 Gleason score 3 + 4 Life expectancy >10 years Clinical stage Any;…
Telemedicine as a Quality Improvement Facilitator in Pelvic Cancer Surgery
Fig. 4.1 Suggested architecture of a distributed mobile surgical telementoring system 4.2 Telemedicine and the Surgical Workforce Surgical telementoring might be a way to meet societies need for new surgeons….
Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
Fig. 12.1 (a) Bilateral interfascial nerve-sparing technique has been performed. The prostate has been removed and the neurovascular bundles have not been excised (white arrows). The lateral endopelvic fascia is…
