OBJECTIVE: To present the indications, techniques, short- and long-term outcomes after visceral exenteration, ex vivo resection, and intestinal/multivisceral autotransplantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients who have undergone this procedure at our center were studied. Technique, postoperative complications, survival, tumor recurrence, and functional status were recorded. RESULTS: Ten patients, 4 children and 6 adults, have undergone these procedures since January 1999. Seven patients are alive at 13-138 months later, 6 with functioning autografts and one after rescue with an allotransplantation. CONCLUSION: Intestinal/multivisceral autotransplantation is a potentially valuable option for some otherwise unresectable neoplasms of the root of the mesentery. Published by Mosby, Inc.
OBJECTIVE: To present the indications, techniques, short- and long-term outcomes after visceral exenteration, ex vivo resection, and intestinal/multivisceral autotransplantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients who have undergone this procedure at our center were studied. Technique, postoperative complications, survival, tumor recurrence, and functional status were recorded. RESULTS: Ten patients, 4 children and 6 adults, have undergone these procedures since January 1999. Seven patients are alive at 13-138 months later, 6 with functioning autografts and one after rescue with an allotransplantation. CONCLUSION: Intestinal/multivisceral autotransplantation is a potentially valuable option for some otherwise unresectable neoplasms of the root of the mesentery. Published by Mosby, Inc.
Authors: Ashley K Clift; Henk Giele; Srikanth Reddy; Rubens Macedo; Adil Al-Nahhas; Harpreet S Wasan; Gabriel E Gondolesi; Rodrigo M Vianna; Peter Friend; Anil Vaidya; Andrea Frilling Journal: Innov Surg Sci Date: 2017-08-25