Complications of heated intraperitioneal chemotherapy and strategies for prevention.
Heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy is a potentially useful strategy for therapy of peritoneal carcinomatosis in adult patients, and we have found it to be associated with an acceptable complication rate. Careful perioperative management is critical, and we have presented our current experience guidelines for management and overview of complications.
Loggie
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Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1095, USA.
Fleming
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D016685:Mitomycin