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. 2022 Jul 27;21:15330338221116489. doi: 10.1177/15330338221116489

Table 3.

Pain and Quality of Life.

Patient Type of
treatment of vulvar cancer recurrence
Pain described on the VAS scale 1 month after PE or ECT Pain described on the VAS scale 6 months after PE or ECT Pain described on the VAS scale 12 months after PE or ECT Short-term complications after PE or ECT Long-term complications after PE or ECT Clavien-Dindo classification CCI
1 TPE 3/10 3/10 5/10 Partial necrosis of VRAM Pain, leakage of ileal conduit III-b 48.5
2 TPE 3/10 2/10 0/10 Colostomy and ileal conduit handling problems No long-term complications I 8.7
3 PPE 2/10 0/10 0/10 Wound infection,
Rectovaginal fistula
Leakage of colostomy III-b 44.9
4 PPE 3/10 2/10 1/10 Necrosis of colostomy No long-term complications III-b 33.7
5 ECT 4/10 0/10 0/10 No short-term complications No long-term complications / /

Abbreviations: PE, pelvic exenteration; TPE, total pelvic exenteration; PPE, posterior pelvic exenteration; ECT, electrochemotherapy; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale; VRAM, vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap; CCI, comprehensive complication index.