Authors
Hidde M Kroon, NN Dudi-Venkata, S Bedrikovetski, ML Thomas, ME Kelly, AGJ Aalbers, N Abdul Aziz, M Abraham-Nordling, T Akiyoshi, W Alberda, M Andric, A Antoniou, KK Austin, RP Baker, M Bali, G Baseckas, BK Bednarski, GL Beets, PL Berg, J Beynon, S Biondo, L Bordeianou, M Brunner, P Buchwald, JWA Burger, D Burling, N Campain, KKL Chan, GJ Chang, MH Chew, PC Chong, HK Christensen, M Codd, AJ Colquhoun, A Corr, M Coscia, PE Coyne, B Creavin, L Damjanovic, IR Daniels, M Davies, RJ Davies, JHW de Wilt, Q Denost, D Dietz, EJ Dozois, M Duff, T Eglinton, JM Enriquez-Navascues, MD Evans, NS Fearnhead, FA Frizelle, E Garcia-Granero, JL Garcia-Sabrido, L Gentilini, ML George, R Glynn, T Golda, B Griffiths, DA Harris, M Evans, JAW Hagemans, DP Harji, AG Heriot, W Hohenberger, T Holm, JT Jenkins, S Kapur, Y Kanemitsu, SR Kelley, DS Keller, H Kim, CE Koh, NFM Kok, R Kokelaar, C Kontovounisios, M Kusters, DW Larson, WL Law, S Laurberg, P Lee, ML Lydrup, AC Lynch, C Mantyh, KL Mathis, A Martling, WJHJ Meijerink, S Merkel, AM Mehta, FD McDermott, JS McGrath, A Mirnezami, JR Morton, TG Mullaney, JW Mesquita-Neto, MB Nielsen, GAP Nieuwenhuijzen, PJ Nilsson, PR O'Connell, G Palmer, D Patsouras, G Pellino, G Poggioli, M Quinn, A Quyn, RW Radwan, S Rasheed, PC Rasmussen, SE Regenbogen, R Rocha, J Rothbarth, Campbell Roxburgh, HJT Rutten, É Ryan, PM Sagar, A Saklani, AMP Schizas, E Schwarzkopf, V Scripcariu, I Shaikh, D Shida, A Simpson, NJ Smart, JJ Smith, MJ Solomon, MM Sørensen, SR Steele, D Steffens, L Stocchi, NA Stylianides, PP Tekkis, C Taylor, P Tsarkov, S Tsukamoto, WH Turner, JB Tuynman, GH van Ramshorst, D van Zoggel, W Vasquez-Jimenez, C Verhoef, M Verstegen, C Wakeman, S Warrier, HH Wasmuth, MR Weiser, JMD Wheeler, J Wild, J Yip, DC Winter, T Sammour
Publication date
2019/10/1
Source
European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume
45
Issue
10
Pages
1787-1795
Publisher
WB Saunders
Description
Objective
Palliative pelvic exenteration (PPE) is a technically complex operation with high morbidity and mortality rates, considered in patients with limited life expectancy. There is little evidence to guide practice. We performed a systematic review to evaluate the impact of PPE on symptom relief and quality of life (QoL).
Methods
A systematic review was conducted according to the PRISMA guidelines using Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASe, and PubMed databases for studies reporting on outcomes of PPE for symptom relief or QoL. Descriptive statistics were used on pooled patient cohorts.
Results
Twenty-three historical cohorts and case series were included, comprising 509 patients. No comparative studies were found. Most malignancies were of colorectal, gynaecological and urological origin. Common indications for PPE were pain, symptomatic fistula, bleeding, malodour, obstruction and pelvic sepsis. The pooled median …
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