Carcinomatosis peritoneal / Peritoneal carcinomatosis

ABSTRACT

Peritoneal carcinomatosis is one of the main causes of death in patients suffering adenocarcinoma of the colon, with a mean of survival of 5.2 months. The concept which is the base of the surgical treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis was designed by Sugarbaker and col. whom considered that if the only place of the tumor is the peritoneum, it should be assumed that the disease is a loco-regional relapse and not asystemic dissemination. The management of peritoneal surface malignancy with cytoreductive surgery and perioperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy, considering the well known action of the in vivo cytotoxicity that have the chemotherapic drugs for periotoneal carcinomatosis arising from colon adenocarcinoma. The results related with the postoperative morbi-mortality result acceptable, considering that it is a mortal disease in the short term.(AU)