title: Salvage cystectomy: the case for a combined abdominoperineal approach.
abstract: Salvage cystectomy, after failed radical radiotherapy for infiltrating bladder cancer, is a major procedure in which rectal laceration can lead to life-threatening complications. The advantages of a combined abdominoperineal approach are emphasized in a series of 14 patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*