The surgical oncology team performed complete cytoreduction to remove all visible tumour deposits, followed by HIPEC, where heated chemotherapy was circulated inside the abdominal cavity to eliminate microscopic cancer cells.
Doctors of Iswarya Hospital, OMR Chennai, performed a 10-hour complete cytoreductive surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) on a 60-year-old patient from Bangladesh.
The patient, who was diagnosed with Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, a rare and aggressive abdominal cancer, had severely compromised heart function, with an ejection fraction of 29% at the time of surgery. To stabilise the patient during the procedure, doctors used triple ionotropic support.
The surgical oncology team performed complete cytoreduction to remove all visible tumour deposits, followed by HIPEC, where heated chemotherapy was circulated inside the abdominal cavity to eliminate microscopic cancer cells.
S. Rajasundaram, Director of Oncology and Chief Executive Officer, and K. Subramanyan, Senior Interventional Cardiologist, Head and Senior Consultant, Cardiology, were a part of a team that treated the patient, a press release said.