Feasibility of Robot-Assisted Cytoreductive Surgery With Upper-Abdominal Peritonectomy for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei With Low Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Index: A Pilot Study.

Journal: Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Our study's objective was to provide the method for, and preliminary findings from, robot-assisted cytoreductive surgery (r-CRS) combined with upper-abdominal peritonectomy in pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) with limited peritoneal surface malignancy (PSM).

Authors

  • Daisuke Fujimoto
    Department of Surgery, Teikyo University Hospital Mizunokuchi, 5-1-1 Futako, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, 213-8507, Japan. rui5218@gmail.com.
  • Yutaka Yonemura
    Department of Regional Cancer Therapy, Peritoneal Dissemination Center, Kishiwada Tokushukai Hospital, Kishiwada-city, Japan.
  • Keizo Taniguchi
    Department of Surgery, Teikyo University Hospital Mizunokuchi, 5-1-1 Futako, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, 213-8507, Japan.
  • Hirotoshi Kobayashi