Type of Surgery
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Last updated: 02/17/2009
BOOKS
Yanoff, Myron, and Jay Duker. Ophthalmology, 1st ed. London: Mosby International Ltd., 1999.
PERIODICALS
Clarke, A., N. Rumsey, J. R. O. Collin, and M. Wyn-Williams. "Psychosocial Distress...
Associated with Disfiguring Eye Conditions."Eye 17, no. 1 (January 2003): 35–40.
Ramamoorthy, Sonia L., and James W. Fleshman. "Surgical Treatment of Rectal Cancer."Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America 16, no. 4 (August 2002): 927.
Sevin, B. U., and O. R. Koechlie. "Pelvic Exenteration."SurgicalClinics of North America 81, no. 4 (August 1, 2001): 771–9.
Turns, D. "Psychosocial Issues: Pelvic Exenterative Surgery."Journal of Surgical Oncology 76 (March 2001): 224–36.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Academy of Ophthalmology. P.O. Box 7424, San Francisco, CA 94120-7424. (415) 561-8500.
American Cancer Society. 1599 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30329. (800) ACS-2345.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 409 12th St., SW, P.O. Box 96920, Washington, DC 20090-6920.
OTHER
Husain, Amreen, and Nelson Teng. "Pelvic Exenteration."eMedicine, January 31, 2003 [cited April 5, 2003].
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Pelvic exenteration (or pelvic evisceration) is a radical surgical treatment that removes all organs from a person's pelvic cavity. The urinary bladder, urethra, rectum, and anus are removed. The procedure leaves the person with a permanent colostomy and vesicostomy. In women, the vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and in some cases the vulva are removed. In men, the prostate is removed.
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