title: Palliative Pelvic Exenteration for Pelvic Recurrence Invading the Sciatic Foramen with Chronic Cutaneous Perineal Fistula after Radical Surgery for Cervical Cancer: A Case Report.
abstract: Pelvic exenteration remains one of the most aggressive gynecological surgical procedures performed for patients with locally-invasive cervical cancer, usually performed with curative intent. However, there exist patients who present in a very advanced stage of the disease, in which only a palliative surgical procedure can be performed. Although in these cases the survival benefit is minimal, performing a pelvic exenteration significantly improves the quality of life. We present the case of a 63-year-old female who was submitted to palliative pelvic exenteration for a locally invasive recurrence in the left sciatic foramen after surgically-treated cervical cancer.
authors.affiliation: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania nicolae_bacalbasa@yahoo.ro.
authors.forename: Nicolae
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bacalbasa
authors.affiliation: Ponderas Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Balescu
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D015653:Cystectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010166:Palliative Care; D010385:Pelvic Exenteration; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Pelvic recurrence; cervical cancer; palliation; pelvic exenteration