Cytoreductive surgery followed by intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion : Analysis of morbidity and mortality in 209 peritoneal surface malignancies treated with closed abdomen technique

Analysis of morbidity and mortality in 6

Analysis of morbidity and mortality in 60 patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis treated by cytoreductive surgery and heated intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy

✍ Pierre Jacquet; Arvil D. Stephens; Andrew M. Averbach; David Chang; Steven E. Et 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 760 KB

## BACKGROUND. Peritoneal carcinoma has been regarded as a uniformly lethal clinical entity. A treatment plan combining cytoreductive surgery and heated intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIIC) was devised and tested to treat such patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the m