Use of the omental pedicle graft in exenterative surgery.
The pedicled omentum can be used effectively to cover the ureterointestinal anastomosis and to fill the irradiated, denuded pelvis after a radical cancer operation.
D006801:Humans; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000601:surgery; D009852:Omentum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D010385:Pelvic Exenteration / Q000379:methods*; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery