title: Overview of the Role of Imaging in Pelvic Exenteration.
abstract: Pelvic exenteration is a radical surgery that is used in an attempt to cure patients with locally advanced central pelvic malignancies. Exenteration is a salvage operation that is considered only after other therapies, such as chemoradiation, have been exhausted. The high morbidity from exenteration's multiorgan resection warrants careful patient selection. Preoperative imaging plays a major role in the selection process, allowing the exclusion of patients with unresectable pelvic disease or distant metastases. Imaging is also crucial to surgical planning, providing the surgeon with a map of the distribution and extent of the pelvic disease.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (T.L.S., C.V., M.P., C.E.D., P.R.B.) and Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine (M.F.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, T. Boone Pickens Academic Tower (FCT15.6030), 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1473, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: Tara L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Sagebiel
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (T.L.S., C.V., M.P., C.E.D., P.R.B.) and Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine (M.F.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, T. Boone Pickens Academic Tower (FCT15.6030), 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1473, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: Chitra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Viswanathan
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (T.L.S., C.V., M.P., C.E.D., P.R.B.) and Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine (M.F.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, T. Boone Pickens Academic Tower (FCT15.6030), 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1473, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: Madhavi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patnana
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (T.L.S., C.V., M.P., C.E.D., P.R.B.) and Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine (M.F.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, T. Boone Pickens Academic Tower (FCT15.6030), 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1473, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: Catherine E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Devine
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (T.L.S., C.V., M.P., C.E.D., P.R.B.) and Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine (M.F.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, T. Boone Pickens Academic Tower (FCT15.6030), 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1473, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frumovitz
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (T.L.S., C.V., M.P., C.E.D., P.R.B.) and Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine (M.F.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, T. Boone Pickens Academic Tower (FCT15.6030), 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1473, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: Priya R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Bhosale
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010385:Pelvic Exenteration / Q000379:methods*; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*