Hemicorporectomy.
Translumbar amputation (hemicorporectomy) was first successfully performed in 1961 after cadaver feasibility dissections. It is useful for certain slow-growing malignancies of the pelvis and perineum and for patients with advanced sepsis involving pelvic bony structures. As indicated by our 20-year experience, the operation may be rewarded by control of a malignant process (two patients) and/or relief from chronic pelvic sepsis (four patients), survival and discharge from the hospital after lengthy rehabilitation (six patients).
D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000601:surgery; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D010388:Pelvis; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants