When cancer invades beyond one organ, surgery must think beyond one organ.

Some gynecologic cancers grow into neighboring structures — bladder, rectum, pelvic sidewall — or return centrally in a previously irradiated pelvis. For these situations, gynecologic oncology has developed its most demanding procedures: radical hysterectomy with nerve-sparing technique, laterally extended and multivisceral resections, and pelvic exenteration with urinary and bowel reconstruction. Performed in properly selected patients, these operations can achieve cure where no other treatment can.

Prof. Erdemoğlu has published on advances in pelvic exenteration, serves as Special Issue Editor of Cancers on radical pelvic surgery and reconstructive innovation, and presents robot-assisted exenteration and robotic flap reconstruction techniques at international congresses. Nerve-sparing technique is applied wherever possible to protect bladder, bowel and sexual function.

Suitable for:

Locally advanced cervical, vaginal and uterine cancers; central recurrence after radiotherapy; pelvic sidewall disease evaluated case by case.