A qualitative study of the development of a multidisciplinary case conference review methodology to reduce involved margins in pelvic exenteration surgery for recurrent rectal cancer.
Gabriëlle H van RamshorstS O'ShannassyW E BrownJ G KenchM J SolomonPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2018)
A retrospective multidisciplinary case evaluation of pelvic exenteration patients with involved surgical margins led to a list of recommendations which included the need to plan for wider surgical soft tissue resections and improvement in interdisciplinary communication. Lessons learned may increase clear margin rates in future resections.