Diaphragmatic peritonectomy during cytoreductive surgery in advanced stage ovarian cancer patients: more efforts from gynecologist can give more hope to the patient

Objective: Upper-abdominal spread of advanced ovarian cancer commonly precludes possibility to achieve optimal debulking and leads to lower survival rate. The morbidity and complexity of such extensive procedures are to be investigated. Design: Prospective, single center cohort study. Setting. University teaching hospital (January 2010 – August 2013). Methods: All patients that underwent cytoreductive surgeries with or without diaphragmatic peritonectomy. Main outcome measures. Our aim was to compare differences between surgery features, acute postoperative complications following cytoreductive surgery with or w…