Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Exenteración pélvica
Pelvic exenteration
Surgery to remove the lower colon, rectum, and bladder, and create stomata (openings) through which urine and stool are passed out of the body. In women, the cervix, vagina, ovaries, and nearby lymph nodes are also removed.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.