title: [Total pelvic exenteration - strategy of the surgery].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Total pelvic exenteration (TPE) has a key role in the complex treatment of advanced T4 tumours of the small pelvis, which cannot be radically removed by a less invasive procedure. The aim of this work is to summarize the strategy of TPE, perioperative care of the patients, complications of the intervention and their management.
  
  
  METHODS
  Overview of the current literature and the authors experience, based on our own group of 37 patients after TPE performed during the period 1999-2012.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article aims to summarize the strategy of TPE, complications and the authors own experience.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Visokai
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lipská
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levý
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simša
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010385:Pelvic Exenteration / Q000379:methods*; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology