1. Scoring Systems for CRS and HIPEC
- Author
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Jörg Pelz and Pankaj Kumar Garg
- Subjects
Peritoneal malignancy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Scoring system ,Quality of life ,business.industry ,medicine ,Patient evaluation ,Perioperative ,Peritoneal diseases ,Intensive care medicine ,business - Abstract
Effective patient selection is key in minimizing perioperative morbidity and mortality scores to evaluate the extent of peritoneal disease and help identify patients most likely to benefit from CRS and HIPEC. Although prolonged survival is often the focus of treatment, this must be balanced against impaired quality of life. In this chapter we summarize the most frequently used scoring systems for patients with peritoneal malignancy.
- Published
- 2021