A Practical Guide to Peritoneal Malignancy

Tom Cecil is Clinical Director at the Peritoneal Malignancy Institute, Basingstoke, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Transplant Surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK. John Bunni is a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK. He is also Visiting Lecturer, University of Bath, UK; Honorary Lecturer, Cardiff University, UK and was awarded the ASGBI Gold Medal. Akash Mehta is Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at St Mark’s Hospital & Academic Institute, London, UK and holds the ESSO European Certification in Peritoneal Surface Oncology.

SET: UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSMENT OF PERITONEAL DISEASE. Appendix tumours and pseudomyxoma peritonei: A ‘paradigm’ for peritoneal disease. Colorectal peritoneal metastases. Peritoneal mesothelioma. Miscellaneous peritoneal malignancies. Quantitative assessment of peritoneal disease. Imaging in peritoneal malignancy. DIALOGUE: INTRAPERITONEAL CHEMOTHERAPY AND CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY. Intraperitoneal chemotherapy. Perioperative and anaesthetic care. Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. Postoperative care. Postoperative complications. CLOSURE: ONGOING CARE AND FUTURE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS. Histopathological aspects of peritoneal malignancy. Follow-up protocols in peritoneal malignancy. Recurrence of pseudomyxoma peritonei. Future perspectives in peritoneal malignancy.