Prevention of Peritoneal Metastases from Colon Cancer in High-Risk Patients: Preliminary Results of Surgery plus Prophylactic HIPEC

Table 2

Surgical procedures performed in the 2 groups.

	Patients	Controls
Surgical procedures
Complete omentectomy	25*	—
Hepatic round ligament resection	25*	—
Left hemicolectomy	13	29
Appendectomy	10*	—
Right hemicolectomy	9	15
Bilateral adnexectomy	6*	1^°§
Transverse colon resection	3	6
Cholecystectomy	2^§	2^§
Abdominal wall resection	2°	3°
Small bowel resection	2°	3°
Right adnexectomy	1*	1°
Hysterectomy	1^§	1°
Total, mean per patient	99–3.9	61–1.2

*Procedures performed according to the study protocol.
°Procedures performed for the tumor direct invasion.
^§Procedures performed for the coexisting benign disease.