Clinical course for patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis excluded from cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy

Table 3 Palliative procedures performed during the exploratory laparotomy procedure (n = 35)

Procedure	CRC (n = 19)	PMP (n = 11)	MM (n = 3)	GCC (n = 2)
Omentectomy	6 (38%)	6 (43%)	3 (75%)	1 (20%)
Colon resection	3 (19%)	1 (7%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Splenectomy	0 (0%)	1 (7%)	1 (25%)	0 (0%)
Resection of small bowel	1 (6%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (20%)
Ileocecal resection	1 (6%)	3 (21%)	0 (0%)	1 (20%)
Bypass procedure	2 (13%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Gynecological procedures^a	1 (6%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (20%)
Rectal resection	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (20%)
Other procedures^b	2 (13%)	3 (21%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Total no. of procedures^c	16 (100%)	14 (100%)	4 (100%)	5 (100%)
Total no. (%) of patients who underwent a palliative procedure	9 (47%)	6 (55%)	3 (100%)	1 (50%)

^aIncludes hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy.
^bOther procedures included: excision of the umbilicus, peritonectomy and operation for the correction of a diaphragmatic hernia.
^cIn all, 14 patients had ≥1 procedure performed.
CRC colorectal cancer, GCC goblet cell carcinoid, MM malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, PMP pseudomyxoma peritonei.

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