What is cytoreduction with Hipec surgery?

Cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC is an aggressive locoregional treatment that begins with resecting disseminated intraabdominal disease, either completely or at least to minimal residual disease. Cytoreduction is followed by infusion of chemotherapy into the abdominal cavity.

What is a debulking procedure?

(dee-BUL-king) Surgical removal of as much of a tumor as possible. Debulking may increase the chance that chemotherapy or radiation therapy will kill all the tumor cells. It may also be done to relieve symptoms or help the patient live longer. Also called tumor debulking.

What is optimal cytoreduction?

Optimal cytoreduction was defined as residual disease =1 cm. Over 90% of the patients with ascites, carcinomatosis or diaphragmatic disease were optimally cytoreducted. A majority of the patients with splenic involvement, liver or porta hepatis involvement were optimally cytoreduced.

What is complete cytoreduction?

It involves complete surgical tumour removal (also known as complete cytoreduction) combined with intraoperative heated chemotherapy during surgery, followed by postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

What is secondary cytoreduction?

The secondary cytoreduction was defined as a surgical exploration with the intent to resect all visible disease, and this surgery had to be performed at Memorial Hospital for patients to be included in the study.

How many hours does debulking surgery take?

If performed with chemotherapy, the debulking surgery may take six to 12 hours to complete. When you awake from surgery, you may have a tube in your abdomen to get rid of any fluid, but this is usually removed within a couple of days. The length of your hospital stay depends on the type of surgery you require.

What is the mother of all surgery?

Unsatisfied with the chemotherapy-for-life approach, Susan researched treatment options and discovered what’s colloquially called the “mother of all surgeries”—HIPEC, or hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. “It was an extremely open operation,” Susan said.

What is peritonectomy surgery?

Surgery to remove cancer from the peritoneal cavity is known as peritonectomy or cytoreductive surgery (meaning removing the cancer cells).