Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) surgery is a two-step procedure that treats certain cancers in the abdomen. Cancerous tumors are surgically removed, and then heated chemotherapy drugs are applied directly inside the abdomen to eliminate the remaining cancerous cells.

You’re welcome, Jansiking! I asked my surgeon about doing HIPEC during my debulking surgery, but in the end decided against it. He said it would add about 2 hours to the time I was under anesthesia, for a total of 7-8 hours. I didn’t want to be under that long. I opted for intra-peritoneal chemo instead.

I had IPec in 2019 during my spleen and partial pancreas removal.

I currently have cancerous tumors in my peritoneal and that surgery hasn’t been offered to me. Thank you for the information. I’m going to ask my oncologist about this. This was quite helpful!

Thank you, LeeBatavia, for answering my question!!!