Cerebral edema in a patient following cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemoperfusion

BACKGROUND: Cytoreductive surgery and intraoperative, intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemoperfusion (HIPEC) is increasingly used to treat peritoneal surface metastases. We describe a fatal case of cerebral edema in a patient with appendiceal carcinoma and an underlying seizure disorder who underwent c...

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Autores principales: Nair, Rajalakshmi L, Tobias, Jonathan, Stemmerman, Grant, Lowy, Andrew M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1697813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17137499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-4-85

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