Editorial


Peritonectomy HIPEC—contemporary results, indications

David L. Morris

Abstract

Paul Sugarbaker’s procedural description in this paper (1) comes from the pioneer and master of this area. His original description of peritoneal cancer index (PCI) and cytoreduction score (CC) is also fundamental to selection of patients and intraoperative assessment. PCI is calculated by dividing the abdomen into 9 areas and 4 additional scores for the small bowel (Figure 1).