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ArticlePleura and peritoneum2020

Postoperative paralytic ileus after cytoreductive surgery combined with heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

Jesper Nors, Jonas Amstrup Funder, David Richard Swain, Victor Jilbert Verwaal, Tom Cecil, Søren Laurberg, Brendan John Moran

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Article in Pleura and peritoneum, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Incidence and outcomes of postoperative paralytic ileus after cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC: A population-based study.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jesper NorsDepartment of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus N, Denmark.
Jonas Amstrup FunderDepartment of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus N, Denmark.
David Richard SwainPeritoneal Malignancy Unit, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basingstoke, UK.
Victor Jilbert VerwaalDepartment of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus N, Denmark.
Tom CecilPeritoneal Malignancy Institute Basingstoke, Basingstoke, UK.
Søren LaurbergDepartment of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus N, Denmark.
Brendan John MoranPeritoneal Malignancy Institute Basingstoke, Basingstoke, UK.
Aarhus University Hospital · DKBasingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital · GBHampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with peritoneal malignancy treated by cytoreductive surgery (CRS) combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) are prone to develop postoperative paralytic ileus (POI). POI is associated with significant increase in both morbidity and mortality. CRS and HIPEC commonly result in prolonged POI (PPOI). The objective was to clarify the extent of PPOI in patients treated by CRS and HIPEC for peritoneal malignancy.

methodsThis was a prospective multicenter study including patients operated with CRS and HIPEC at the Department of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark and the Peritoneal Malignancy Institute, Basingstoke, United Kingdom. A total of 85 patients were included over 5 months. Patients prospectively reported parameters of postoperative gastrointestinal function in a diary from post-operative day 1 (POD1) until discharge. PPOI was defined as first defecation on POD6 or later.

resultsMedian time to first flatus passage was 4 days (range 1-12). Median time to first defecation was 6 days (1-14). Median time to removal of nasojejunal tube was 4 days (3-13) and 7 days (1-43) for nasogastric tube. Forty-six patients (54%) developed PPOI. Patients with PPOI had longer time to first flatus (p<0.0001) and longer time to removal of nasojejunal tube (p=0.001). Duration of surgery correlated to time to first flatus (p=0.015) and time to removal of nasogastric or nasojejunal tube (p<0.0001) but not to time to first defecation (p=0.321).

conclusionsPostoperative gastrointestinal paralysis remains a common and serious problem in patients treated with CRS and HIPEC.

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cytoreductive surgeryHIPECperitoneal carcinomatosispostoperative ileustreatment outcome

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PMID32934973
PMCPMC7469504
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