There are three further considerations:
Combined or Staged Surgery: You might need more than one type of surgery to treat your cancer. If surgeries can be undertaken at the same time or in stages (which mea the next one takes place). For example; if you have a small bowel primary and liver secondary th surgery would be required, whether both procedures (small bowel and (so how long would you need to have an anaesthetic for), and the pote Exploratory Surgery: With advances in diagnostic and surveillance scans and other investig still be undertaken if there are uncertainties about your diagnosis (dise remove, debulk or bypass your cancer. You may be offered explorator that removal is possible.
Open and Close Surgery:
This term refers to a planned surgical procedure being started, but not completed. This can happen either because of a severe deterioration in your condition during surgery or because your cancer cannot safely be removed, debulked or bypassed. If surgery is stopped because your condition deteriorates, you will be given full care and time to recover. Your team will then need to review and decide, depending on the cause of your deterioration, whether it is safe to re-schedule surgery. This will be fully discussed with you. However, if an operation is stopped because your cancer cannot safely be removed, debulked or bypassed you’ll be given full care and time to recover and then your care team will discuss alternative treatments with you.
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