DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Cytoreductive surgery
Debulking
Debulking is the surgical removal of part of a malignant tumour which cannot be completely excised, so as to enhance the effectiveness of radiation or chemotherapy. It is used only in specific malignancies, as generally partial removal of a tumor is not considered a worthwhile intervention. Ovarian carcinoma and some types of brain tumor are debulked prior to commencing radio- or chemotherapy. It may also be used in the case of slow growth tumors to shift tumor cells from phase of cell cycle to replicative pool. It is usually a long and often complicated procedure taking several hours or more to perform, depending on internal involvement and location...
Cytoreductive surgery - List of case studies
- Rectal Carcinoma, Gastric Carcinoma, Metastases.
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with pyloric stenosis . This involved gastric resection surgery, Roux gastroenteroanastomosis on the defunctionalized segment, lateral ... centers with more promising results: 1) Cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal chemohyperthermia : this is the ...
- Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroid with Multiple and Diffuse Nodular Secondarisms of the Pulmonary Parenchyma
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meningioma complicated by neurologic deficits following surgery, was diagnosed with progressive iodine-refractory metastatic papillary ... to submit the patient for radiation treatment for cytoreductive symptomatic purposes only on 2 lesions adhering to the chest ...
- Treatments
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operation (right knee) APPENDIX REMOVE APPENDIX SURGERY AREDS formulation (of vitamins and minerals) ASA AV ... cast Arch support Arch supports Arhroscopic surgery Arm A (IFN with high intensified doses) Aromatase inhibitor ... therapy Cytoreduction treatment Cytoreductive surgery Cytotoxic chemotherapy Cytotoxic ...