Case Report
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World J Clin Oncol. Dec 24, 2020; 11(12): 1070-1075
Published online Dec 24, 2020. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v11.i12.1070
Preoperative rectal tumor embolization as an adjunctive tool for bloodless abdominoperineal excision: A case report
Marley Ribeiro Feitosa, Lucas Fernandes de Freitas, Antonio Balestrim Filho, Guilherme Seizem Nakiri, Daniel Giansante Abud, Ligia Magnani Landell, Mariângela Ottoboni Brunaldi, Jose Joaquim Ribeiro da Rocha, Omar Feres, Rogério Serafim Parra
Marley Ribeiro Feitosa, Lucas Fernandes de Freitas, Antonio Balestrim Filho, Jose Joaquim Ribeiro da Rocha, Omar Feres, Rogério Serafim Parra, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Medicine School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14048900, São Paulo, Brazil
Guilherme Seizem Nakiri, Daniel Giansante Abud, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14048900, São Paulo, Brazil
Ligia Magnani Landell, Mariângela Ottoboni Brunaldi, Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Medicine School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14048900, São Paulo, Brazil
Author contributions: Feitosa MR and Parra RS designed the study, collected data, analyzed and interpreted the data, drafted and revised the manuscript; de Freitas LF, Filho AB and Abud DG collected data, analyzed and interpreted the data; Nakiri GS, da Rocha JJR and Feres O analyzed and interpreted the data, and revised the manuscript; Brunaldi MO prepared the images, and performed data analysis and interpretation; all authors contributed to the analysis and interpretation of the data, revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content, granted final approval of the version to be published and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
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Corresponding author: Rogério Serafim Parra, MD, PhD, Staff Physician, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, No. 3900 Av. Bandeirantes, Ribeirão Preto 14048900, São Paulo, Brazil. rsparra@hcrp.usp.br
Received: July 16, 2020
Peer-review started: July 16, 2020
First decision: August 7, 2020
Revised: August 20, 2020
Accepted: October 20, 2020
Article in press: October 20, 2020
Published online: December 24, 2020
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Abdominoperineal excision (APE) remains a major surgery with considerable morbidity. Half of patients undergoing APE have some type of postoperative complication, and bleeding requiring transfusion of blood products is the main morbidity of the procedure. Preoperative embolization as a strategy for blood preservation in a giant rectal hemangioma has been successfully described.