Research Article

Pulmonary Complications following Cytoreductive Surgery and Perioperative Chemotherapy in 147 Consecutive Patients

Table 2

Demographic and clinical features.

Patients
 Male68 (46%)
 Female79 (54%)
Age (years)
 Mean   standard deviation49.9 (8.7%)
 Median51 (27%)
 Range23–64
Primary cancer diagnosis
 Appendix135 (92%)
 Colorectal12 (8%)
Completeness of cytoreduction
 Complete125 (85%)
 Incomplete22 (15%)
Subphrenic peritonectomy
 Right109 (74%)
 Right and left72 (49%)
Blood products
 None39 (26.5%)
 1–3 units68 (46.3%)
 4 or more40 (27.2%)
Fresh frozen plasma
 None80 (54%)
 1–4 units51 (34.7%)
 5 or more16 (10.9%)
Chemotherapy treatments
 HIPEC82 (55.8%)
 HIPEC + EPIC65 (44.2%)