Epitelyal Over Karsinomunda İntraperitoneal Kemoterapi sırasında oluşan Peritonovajinal Fistül

Address for Correspondence: Uzm. Dr. Havva Yeşil Çınkır Ankara Onkoloji Hastanesi, Tıbbi Onkoloji Bölümü Ankara - Türkiye e-mail: doctoryesil82@yahoo.com Available at www.actaoncologicaturcica.com

Peritoneovaginal Fistula during Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy of Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma

chemotherapy showed 16-month OS advantage for optimally resected stage III EOC (1). However, catheter-related complications are common reasons (13-40%) for discontinuation of IP treatment. These are abdominal pain, bleeding, blockage, leakage, movement, malfunction, and/or access problems (2). Peritoneovaginal fistula is a rare complication of IP treatment, “leaky vaginal cuff” was the reason for discontinuation of treatment 2 of the 71 patients in a study (3). Although the significant improvement on survival, IP chemotherapy should be given carefully

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