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Peritonectomy procedures

P H Sugarbaker1

  • 1Cancer Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia 20010.

Annals of Surgery
|January 1, 1995
PubMed
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New surgical techniques, including peritonectomy procedures, offer hope for treating peritoneal surface malignancies. This cytoreductive approach aims for long-term, disease-free survival in select patients with advanced abdominal cancers.

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Area of Science:

  • Surgical Oncology
  • Gastrointestinal Surgery

Background:

  • Peritoneal surface malignancy presents treatment challenges due to location and aggressiveness.
  • Limited or low-grade intra-abdominal cancer spread was historically considered untreatable.
  • New surgical strategies are needed for these challenging cases.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and describe new surgical procedures for peritoneal surface malignancy.
  • To evaluate the cytoreductive approach for treating advanced abdominal cancers.

Main Methods:

  • The study details six peritonectomy procedures for cancer resection.
  • Procedures include omentectomy, quadrant peritonectomy, and pelvic peritonectomy with colon resection.

Main Results:

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  • Specific procedures described: greater omentectomy-splenectomy, left/right upper quadrant peritonectomy, lesser omentectomy-cholecystectomy, pelvic peritonectomy with sigmoid resection, and antrectomy.
  • These techniques aim to resect cancer from all intra-abdominal surfaces.

Conclusions:

  • Peritonectomy procedures facilitate abdominal preparation for early postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy.
  • The cytoreductive approach can achieve long-term, disease-free survival in selected patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis, sarcomatosis, or mesothelioma.