title: Laparoscopic mucin removal in patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Pseudomyxoma peritonei results from ovarian and appendiceal mucinous tumors. Cyst rupture results in intraabdominal mucin accumulation, leading to abdominal distension. No effective treatment has yet been established. Pseudomyxoma peritonei is generally associated with a poor prognosis. In a recent Mayo Clinic report, the 5-year survival rate for this disease was 53% and the 10-year survival rate was 32%, while the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center reported 5- and 10-year survival rates of 75% and 10%.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this report, we describe 4 patients with a laparoscopically confirmed recurrence of pseudomyxoma peritonei who subsequently underwent repeated laparoscopic mucin removal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because laparoscopic surgery can be performed frequently, it appears that laparoscopic surgery, a minimally invasive procedure, greatly improves the quality of life of patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Osaka, Japan. y-kotani@sanfu.med.kindai.ac.jp
authors: Yasushi
authors: Y
authors: Kotani
authors: Mitsuru
authors: M
authors: Shiota
authors: Masahiko
authors: M
authors: Umemoto
authors: Takako
authors: T
authors: Tobiume
authors: Eiji
authors: E
authors: Koike
authors: Masao
authors: M
authors: Shimaoka
authors: Yohko
authors: Y
authors: Takahashi
authors: Kazumi
authors: K
authors: Kanemura
authors: Ayako
authors: A
authors: Ishizu
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Hoshiai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009077:Mucins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D011553:Pseudomyxoma Peritonei / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D009077:Mucins