Technical features cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy

In recent years сytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) became popular in pediatric oncologic surgery. This procedure is a “treatment of choice” for determined groups of adult patients. The approaches for preoperative diagnostics and surgical technique are well described in adult patients, but not for pediatric surgery, considering limited experience in сytoreductive surgery and HIPEC in children. This review summarizes literature datas of tumor dissemination, diagnostics and technical features in peritonectomy based on tumor localization and analysis of possibility to use these techniques in pediatric patients.