Clinical Trials

The purpose of this study is to gather clinical data to allow for comparisons in operative time, surgical technique, blood loss, level of resection, type of reconstruction, healing (based upon clinical report and imaging studies), transfusion requirements, complications, return to the operating room, and margins. There are other important data available that will also be recorded in order to draw comparisons to prior studies (Beadle, CORR 2005):  length of hospitalization, disposition at discharge, histology and grade of tumor, local recurrences, overall survival, duration of follow up, surgeon reported outcomes (MSTS 1987), chemotherapy regimen, radiation regimen, subsequent non-orthopedic oncologic surgeries.

The primary purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of heated intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) with doxorubicin (DOXO) and Cisplatin (CDDP) after surgical resection of pediatric pelvic and abdominal tumors, and to assess morbidity, hospital length of stay and peri-operative mortality outcomes for pediatric patients with intraperitoneal sarcoma undergoing hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy.