The rate and role of diaphragmatic peritonectomy in optimal cytoreduction in patients with advanced stage ovarian cancer: a prospective study of 100 patients

Background. Diaphragmatic peritoneal metastasis by advanced epi­thelial ovarian cancer is a very common holdback precluding optimal cytoreduction. The aim of this study was to determine the rate of dia­phragmatic peritonectomy during optimal cytoreductive surgery and its role in postoperative morbid...

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Main Authors: Tomas Lūža, Agnė Ožalinskaitė, Vilius Rudaitis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2014-04-01
Series:Acta Medica Lituanica
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/AML/article/view/21486