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  2. Hemipelvectomy - Wikipedia

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    Examples of pelvic reconstruction include the use of an allograft, autograft, or prosthesis to bridge the remaining ends of pelvic bone following resection. [1] [4] Arthrodesis is a technique that can be used in internal hemipelvectomy to fix the proximal femur to a segment of pelvic bone for the purposes of stabilizing the lower extremity. [1] [4]

  3. Hemicorporectomy - Wikipedia

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    Hemicorporectomy is a radical surgery in which the body below the waist is amputated, transecting the lumbar spine.This removes the legs, the genitalia (internal and external), urinary system, pelvic bones, anus, and rectum.

  4. Pelvic exenteration - Wikipedia

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    Pelvic exenteration leaves a person with a permanent colostomy and urinary diversion. A 2015 article reports that pelvic exenteration can provide long-term survival for patients with locally advanced primary rectal carcinoma. The 5-year survival rate of patients undergoing pelvic exenteration following complete resection of disease was 59.3%.

  5. Laparoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Laparoscopic surgery includes operations within the abdominal or pelvic cavities, whereas keyhole surgery performed on the thoracic or chest cavity is called thoracoscopic surgery. Specific surgical instruments used in laparoscopic surgery include obstetrical forceps , scissors, probes, dissectors, hooks, and retractors.

  6. Woman Details Having Dramatic Surgery at 23 Years Old After ...

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    Woman Details Having Dramatic Surgery at 23 Years Old After Symptoms 'So Severe' She Almost Didn't Graduate College (Exclusive) Sara Belcher January 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM

  7. Ventral rectopexy - Wikipedia

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    Another way of categorizing surgery for prolapse of pelvic organs is suspensive or resective (involving removal of sections of the bowel wall). Ventral rectopexy alone is a syspensive type surgery, a category which also includes colposacropexy. [10] Resection rectopexy additionally involves removal of a section of the sigmoid colon ...

  8. Resection margin - Wikipedia

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    The resection is an attempt to remove a cancer tumor so that no portion of the malignant growth extends past the edges or margin of the removed tumor and surrounding tissue. These are retained after the surgery and examined microscopically by a pathologist to see if the margin is indeed free from tumor cells (called "negative"). If cancerous ...

  9. Hysterectomy - Wikipedia

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    Supracervical (subtotal) laparoscopic hysterectomy (LSH) is performed similar to the total laparoscopic surgery but the uterus is amputated between the cervix and fundus. [79] Dual-port laparoscopy is a form of laparoscopic surgery using two 5 mm midline incisions: the uterus is detached through the two ports and removed through the vagina. [80 ...