Role of surgical oncologists in multidisciplinary team treatment of malignant acute abdomen / 中华胃肠外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Malignant acute abdomen is an acute abdominal disease caused by abdominal and extra-abdominal malignant tumors or secondary to various treatments for tumors, and belongs to the category of oncologic emergencies. Malignant acute abdomen includes perforation, bowel obstruction, infection and bleeding, etc. Most of the malignant acute abdomen is urgent and critical. The postoperative morbidity and mortality of these patients are high. The treatment strategy should ideally be discussed by a multidisciplinary team, which is often infeasible in the emergent setting. Surgery should be the main measures to improve survival and quality of life, but the risk of death should be fully evaluated before surgery to determine whether the surgery can benefit patients. In addition, the timing of surgery depends mostly on the surgeon. This article explores the treatment of malignant acute abdomen from the perspective of surgical oncology.