Abstract
Palliative surgery is an important part of patient care provided by general surgeons and surgical subspecialists. This field of surgery relies heavily on the close cooperation between surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other care providers and is best performed within the setting of a multidisciplinary team. The available evidence for decision-making is very limited and most studies are not suitable for meta-analysis. Clinical experience and intuition are very important in this setting. Not every condition that can be operated on, should be operated on in a patient receiving palliative care—critical evaluation of the individual patient’s prognosis is therefore very important and best carried out by a team of specialists. This chapter addresses surgical options for the management of a wide variety of conditions encountered while caring for patients suffering from advanced malignancies.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Perioperative Care of the Cancer Patient |
| Editors | Carin A. Hagberg, Joseph L. Nates, Vijaya N. R. Gottumukkala, Donal J. Buggy, Bernhard J. Riedel |
| Place of Publication | Philadelphia, PA |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Chapter | 34 |
| Pages | 385-395 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780323695848 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780323695862 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Keywords
- Breast cancer
- gastrointestinal cancer
- gynecologic malignancies
- head and neck cancer
- hepatobiliary cancer
- malignant ascites
- malignant bowel obstruction
- malignant pleural effusion
- palliative surgery
- pancreatic cancer
- urologic malignancies
