Full Description
This acclaimed text continues to focus on the essential techniques for effective surgical management of patients with ovarian cancer and related peritoneal surface malignancies. With a wealth of accompanying illustrations and operative videos; this fourth edition reflects the evolution - and controversies - in the use of minimally invasive and robotic surgery and the introduction of HIPEC treatment options.
Contents
1. Historical development of cytoreductive surgery for ovarian cancer and scientific update.2. Epidemiology, staging, and clinical characteristics. 3. Preoperative risk stratification and intraoperative supportive care.4. Instrumentation, retractors, ablative technologies and techniques, set-up and conduct of operation.5. Management of Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer.6. Cytoreductive surgery: Principles and rationale. 7. Predicting Surgical Outcome: Patient Selection for Initial Surgery or Chemotherapy. 8. Cytoreductive Surgery: Pelvis and Radical Oophorectomy. 9. Cytoreductive surgery: Abdominal retroperitoneum and adenopathy. 10. Cytoreductive surgery: Intestinal tract and Omentum.11. Cytoreductive surgery: Right upper abdomen—Diaphragm. 12. Cytoreductive surgery: Right upper abdomen—Liver, gallbladder, and porta hepatis. 13. Cytoreductive surgery: Left upper quadrant. 14. Peritonectomy procedures for ovarian cancer. 15. Regional Therapeutics and Peritonectomy Procedures for Ovarian Cancer. Robert DeBernardo. 16. Secondary cytoreductive surgery. 17. Minimally Invasive Surgery in Ovarian Cancer. 18. Palliative surgery for ovarian cancer. 19. Postoperative management. 20. Quality indicators for ovarian cancer surgery. 21. Ovarian Cancer Surgery in Low Resource Settings: Global Health Program Development Infrastructure.
