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Intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion (IPHP) has achieved positive results in treating various abdominal cancers but infrequently reported in resectable pancreatic head cancer. This study was designed to explore the safety and efficacy of pancreaticoduodenectomy plus intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion (PD + IPHP) in patients with pancreatic cancer.

Data of pancreatic cancer patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy were retrospectively analyzed, including PD + IPHP (n = 28) and PD group (n=29). IPHP was performed during surgery, on postoperative day (POD) 2, and POD 4 with normal saline as the perfusion solution. Complications and overall survival of these patients were observed and recorded.

There was no significant difference in the incidence of major postoperative complications between PD + IPHP group and PD group. The median overall survival (OS) time of the PD + IPHP group was 19.0months, the 1-year survival rate was 82.35%, and the 2-year survival rate was 49.41%. The median OS time of the PD group was 13.0months, the 1-year survival rate was 51.00%, and the 2-year survival rate was 27.33% (Log-rank, P = 0.030; Breslow, P = 0.039). Cox proportional risk model showed that IPHP was an independent factor to improve survival outcomes of these patients (hazard ratio = 0.363, 95% confidence interval 0.14-0.94; P = 0.038).

Intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion significantly improves the survival outcomes of pancreatic head cancer patients undergoing PD and does not bring extra risks of complications.

Intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion significantly improves the survival outcomes of pancreatic head cancer patients undergoing PD and does not bring extra risks of complications.Since 1994, we have been studying an extended kindred with 105 subjects (over 8 generations) residing in Itabaianinha County, in the Brazilian state of Sergipe, who have severe isolated GH deficiency (IGHD) due to a homozygous inactivating mutation (c.57 + 1G > A) in the GH releasing hormone (GHRH) receptor (GHRHR) gene. Most of these individuals have never received GH replacement therapy. They have low GH, and very low and often undetectable levels of serum IGF-I. Their principal physical findings are proportionate short stature, doll facies, high-pitched-voice, central obesity, wrinkled skin, and youthful hair with delayed pigmentation, and virtual absence of graying. The newborns from this cohort are of normal size, indicating that GH is not needed for intra-uterine growth. 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