Assessing the Impact of a Sacral Resection on Morbidity and Survival After Extended Radical Surgery for Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer

Abstract

This large, single-center series has demonstrated that extended pelvic exenteration involving sacrectomy has excellent R0 margins and survival rates for recurrent rectal cancer. A high sacrectomy has comparable results with a more distal abdominosacral resection.