Anaesthetic management of cytoreductive surgery followed by hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy perfusion

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-305414
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.30541

Kerscher, Christoph ; Ried, Michael ; Hofmann, Hans-Stefan ; Graf, Bernhard M. ; Zausig, York A.

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Abstract

Background Macroscopic cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy perfusion (HITHOC) is a new multimodal approach for selected patients with primary and secondary pleural tumors, which may provide the patient with better local tumor control and increased overall survival rate. Methods We present a single-center study including 20 patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery ...