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Table 2 Surgical details of PIPAC/PITAC

From: Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma

Data items

Number

Percent

Patients with primary non-access for PIPAC

7 / 29

24.1

Patients with secondary non-access for PIPAC

3 / 29

10.3

PIPAC procedures per patient (n)

 - 10 x

1 / 29

3.4

 - 7 x

1 / 29

3.4

 - 5 x

1 / 29

3.4

 - 4 x

4 / 29

13.8

 - 3 x

5 / 29

17.2

 - 2 x

8 / 29

27.6

 - 1 x

5 / 29

17.2

 - 0 x

4 / 29

13.8

Number of successful PIPAC/PITAC procedures

79

100

 - Laparoscopic PIPAC procedures

71 / 79

89.9

 - Laparotomy, adhesiolysis +/− debulking & PIPAC

3 / 79

3.8

 - PITAC procedures

5 / 79

6.3

Overall postoperative morbidity/mortality (CTCAE v 4.0)

 - Grade 1

23 / 79

29.1

 - Grade 2

7 / 79

8.9

 - Grade 3

1 / 79

1.3

 - Grade 4

2 / 79

2.5

 - Grade 5

1 / 79

1.3

Media survival time (days) according to tumor regression grade

 - Grade 0

6

226 (31–708)

 - Grade 1

11

360 (135–529)

 - Grade 2+

8

360 (175–1331)

  1. PIPAC Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy, PITAC Pressurized IntraThoracal Aerosol Chemotherapy