title: Upper abdominal surgical procedures: liver mobilization and diaphragm peritonectomy/resection, splenectomy, and distal pancreatectomy.
abstract: Patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer often have metastatic disease in the upper abdominal region. In particular, metastases to the diaphragm are exceedingly common in these patients. A comprehensive approach to surgical cytoreduction, which has been associated with improved survival in patients with advanced ovarian cancer, should incorporate upper abdominal resection.
authors.affiliation: Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Siobhan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kehoe
authors.forename: Eric L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Eisenhauer
authors.forename: Dennis S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Chi
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery*; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy