Behind the knife

Join Professor Michael Solomon, Dr Kilian Brown and Dr Jacob Waller from Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia, for this special four part series on pelvic exenteration surgery for locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer. Learn about these ultra-radical procedures which go beyond the traditional TME planes that we learn during surgical training, and into all compartments of the pelvis.
Episode 2 outlines the radical technical approaches to anteriorly invasive tumours, including en bloc cystectomy, perineal urethrectomy, inter-labial vaginectomy and radical pubic bone resections. Each episode in this series features a different international guest surgeon. In episode 2, the RPA team are joined by Dr Paul Sutton from The Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK. Technical videos: Solomon MJ, Däster S, Loizides S, Sutton P, Brown KGM, Austin KKS, Lee PJ. Access to the anterior pelvic compartment in pelvic exenteration in women-the interlabial approach: video vignette. Br J Surg. 2021 Aug 19;108(8):e268-e269. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab127. Solomon MJ, Alahmadi R, Lee PJ, Austin KKS. En bloc partial pubic bone excision with complete soft tissue pelvic exenteration. Br J Surg. 2022 Jun 14;109(7):640-641. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znac122. PMID: 35485605. References: Solomon MJ, Austin KK, Masya L, Lee P. Pubic Bone Excision and Perineal Urethrectomy for Radical Anterior Compartment Excision During Pelvic Exenteration. Dis Colon Rectum. 2015 Nov;58(11):1114-9. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000479. Please visit https://behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more.