The role of minimally invasive surgery is still evolving for the management of locally advanced rectal cancers and is being practised at high volume centres(1). A few video vignettes are available demonstrating the technique of robotc total pelvic exenteration (2). The complications of creating a conduit or a neobladder as a urinary diversion in a patient undergoing total pelvic exenteration for locally advanced rectal cancer range from recurrent urinary infection and electrolyte imbalance to renal failure.
Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland. 2020 Jun 16 [Epub ahead of print]
Barath Raj Kumar, Sanket Bankar, Diwakar Pandey, Jitender Rohila, Gagan Prakash, Ganesh Bakshi, Ashwin deSouza, Avanish Saklani
Division of colorectal oncology, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India., Division of Urooncology, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.