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Operative Strategies in Pelvic Exenteration Surgery

  • Book

  • November 2026
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 6249596

Operative Strategies in Pelvic Exenteration Surgery is a reference for the surgical management of Pelvic Exenteration Surgery. It covers all aspects of surgery from the colorectal, urological, gynecological, and orthopedic point of view. Coverage consolidates the research of world-leaders and includes the history of exenterative study, outlining the current state and indicating future developments. The book also discusses the current surgical operative strategies for the management of locally advanced and recurrent pelvic neoplasms with illustrations, intra-op photos, and supplementary video material.

Created from the experiences of an international collaboration of surgeons, this reference is the perfect reference for surgical oncologists, colorectal, gynecology, urology, and vascular surgeons as well as any group involved in complex pelvic surgery including complex open, laparoscopic, and robotic surgery.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Defining Pelvic Anatomy
3. Setting up a specialist unit
4. Patient selection
5. Optimizing the patient
6. Anterior pelvic exenteration
7. Posterior pelvic exenteration
8. Total pelvic exenteration
9. Pelvic exenteration including peritonectomy
10. Extended resections involving sacrum, pubic bone, iliac bone
11. Oligometastatic resection
12. Minimally invasive exenteration
13. Extended sidewall resection
14. Reconstructive techniques
15. Palliative exenterative approaches
16. Dealing with major complications
17. Novel strategies and disruptive technology

Authors

Michael E Kelly Colorectal Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgery, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Michael Kelly is a Colorectal Consultant Surgeon at St James Hospital and co-founder of the PelvEx Collaborative. He has been involved in major collaborative publications and international conferences Desmond C Winter Professor, Department of Clinical Surgery, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. Desmond C Winter is a Consultant Surgeon at St Vincent's University Hospital and Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University College of Dublin. He is also the Chair of European Society of Coloproctology's Programme Committee. His areas of research include advanced and recurrent rectal cancer, organ preserving approaches for cancer, robotic and laparoscopic surgery, clinical and basic science research.