Intensive care unit hospitalization after cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

Purpose: Peritoneal metastasis (PM) is nowadays treated with the complex procedure of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (CRS+HIPEC). Given the fact that the procedure presents high morbidity and mortality rates, admitting patients to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) seems inevitable. In our study, we have tried to determine the factors that indicate when admission in the ICU is necessary.