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Chemotherapy with laparoscope-assisted continuous circulatory hyperthermic intraperitoneal perfusion for malignant ascites
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Surgical OncologyGastrointestinal OncologyMedicineMetronomic TherapyGastroenterologyLaparoscopic ApproachSurgeryGastric CancerGeneral SurgeryGastric CancersMetronomic ChemotherapyOncologyRadiation OncologyCancer ResearchMalignant Ascites
AIM:To investigate the procedure, feasibility and effects of laparoscopeassisted continuous circulatory hyperthermic intraperitoneal perfusion chemotherapy (CHIPC) in treatment of malignant ascites induced by peritoneal carcinomatosis from gastric cancers. METHODS: From August 2006 to March 2008, the laparoscopic approach was used to perform CHIPC on 16 patients with malignant ascites induced by gastric cancer or postoperative intraperitoneal seeding. Each patient underwent CHIPC three times after laparosco...