Surgery for retroperitoneal sarcoma requiring major vascular resection and reconstruction.
Retroperitoneal sarcomas are characterized by a lack of early symptoms; the inevitable delay in diagnosis results in large sizes at presentation. The current standard of care for these tumours is complete oncological resection with microscopically negative margins. In a subset of these tumours, major vessels such as the inferior vena cava or aorta are involved and resection of these major vessels becomes necessary for complete oncological clearance. This paper describes a series of these tumours and demonstrates the feasibility of radical surgery and resection of major vessels with low morbidity.
Teo
Melissa C C
MC
Department of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Chow
Pierce K H
PK
Soo
Khee-Chee
KC
D001011:Aorta; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior