Lessons learned from initial experience with peritonectomy and intra-peritoneal chemotherapy infusion.
2006
Introduction
Patients diagnosed with peritoneal carcinomatous usually survive for less than 6 months. Cytoreductive surgery allows relief of the obstruction and improvement in functional status, while intraperitoneal chemotherapy infusion provides high local concentrations of chemotherapeutic agents. Our institutional experience is reviewed to assess the selection criteria, peri-operative complications, and outcomes.
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