Table 3.
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.