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Published on: September 27, 2024
Repeated cytoreductive surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy in patients with peritoneal
C Paasch1, G De Santo2, H N Gamal-Eldin3
1University Hospital Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg Medical University, Clinic for General and Visceral Surgery, Hochstraße 29, 14770, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany.
Introduction:
The prognosis of abdominal cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is poor. In literature, some authors described a repeated Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with recurrent PC as feasible for overall survival improvement. Hence, we implemented this approach at our hospital and analyzed our cases.
Methods:
A unicentric retrospective observational study took place at the Helios hospital Berlin-Buch in 2020. The data of individuals who received a HIPEC in the time of 2007-2019 were extracted. The data were entered in the HIPEC database of the German Society of General and Visceral Surgery (StuDoQ|HIPEC, German society for general and visceral surgery). The primary objective was the overall survival after first HIPEC procedure.
Results:
A total of 292 data files from were extracted and 14 patients were identified as eligible for further analysis (7× colorectal, 3x gastric, 1× appendix cancer, 1× cancer of unknown primary, 1× Mesothelioma, 1× Pseudomyxoma peritonei). The mean age was 57 (8) years. The BMI was on average 23.5 (3.5) kg/m2. A total of 8 individuals were female and 6 male (6xASA-Score I, 8xASA-Score II). The initial Peritoneal Cancer Index (PCI) was on average 11.5 (9.1). The average overall survival after 1. HIPEC for colonic cancer was 74 months (n = 3; 43, 70 and 90 month), for gastric cancer 29 months (n = 2; 19 and 39 month) and for mesothelioma 44 months (n = 1).
Conclusions:
Based on our findings Repeated Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy may improve overall survival of selected patients suffering from peritoneal carcinomatosis.
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