Ionut Flaviu Faur, Adelina Clim, Amadeus Dobrescu, Catalin Prodan, Rami Hajjar, Paul Pasca, Marco Capitanio, Cristi Tarta, Alexandru Isaic, George Noditi, Ionel Nati, Bogdan Totolici, Ciprian Duta, Gabriel Lazar
Due to the still large number of patients diagnosed with pelvic neoplasms (colorectal, gynecological, and urological) in advanced stages right from the initial diagnosis, surgery represents the mainstay of treatment, often implying wide, eventually multi-organ resections in order to achieve negative surgical margins. Perineal wound morbidity, particularly in extralevator abominoperineal excision, leads to complications and local infection rates of up to 40%. Strategies to reduce postoperative wound complications are being pursued to address this issue...
December 14, 2023: Journal of Personalized Medicine