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SUBMITTER: Gabriel E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5833924 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
American journal of surgery 20170606 3
<h4>Background</h4>Water lavage (WL) during gastrointestinal cancer surgery has osmotically mediated lytic effects on tumor cells. We investigated the safety and efficacy of WL with CRS-HIPEC.<h4>Methods</h4>This is a retrospective review, 1/2003-7/2014, of a single institution experience with CRS-HIPEC comparing patients who had WL (WL+) to those who did not (WL-).<h4>Results</h4>Of 157 CRS-HIPECs, 16 (10.2%) were WL+. WL+ had more PCI scores >20 compared to WL- (56.3% vs 19.4%, respectively, p ...[more]