Research Article

Conversion Surgery for Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

Table 2

Surgical and postoperative characteristics in the conversion group and CRS + HIPEC group.

VariableConversion surgeryCRS + HIPEC
(n = 34)(n = 15)

PCI score17.44 ± 8.97.46 ± 5.3
Mean visceral resection (range)2.87 (1–4)2.28 (1–4)0.882
Completeness of cytoreductionCC-0 (%)26 (76.7)11 (73.3)0.794
CC-1 (%)7 (20.4)3 (25.0)
CC-2 (%)1 (2.9)1 (6.7)
Operation time (min)472.3 ± 165.3490.3 ± 54.20.391
Blood loss (ml)228.3 ± 108.8285.7 ± 105.50.168
ComplicationsBleeding (%)1 (3.0)1 (7.1)0.556
Anastomotic leakage (%)5 (15.2)2 (14.3)0.996
Infection (%)4 (12.1)1 (7.1)0.802
Total (%)10 (29.4)4 (26.7)0.894
1-year surgical mortality80.0% (8/10)75% (3/4)0.982

CRS + HIPEC: cytoreductive surgery + hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy; CC: complete cytoreduction score; PCI: peritoneal cancer index.