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Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is the standard of care for selected cases of peritoneal surface malignancy. However, due to its morbidity and learning curve, it is only delivered in six centres in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (AoNZ). In this study, we report peri‐operative morbidity and mortality following CRS/HIPEC at Waikato and Braemar Hospitals, which have treated patients from all regions of AoNZ since 2008.

We retrospectively reviewed a database of all patients undergoing CRS and HIPEC from 01/01/2008 to 01/11/2020 at Waikato and Braemar Hospitals.

Two‐hundred and forty procedures were performed for 221 patients with a mean age of 55, including 22 (9.2%) re‐do procedures. One hundred and eighty‐six cases were European, 32 were Māori, and 16 were Pasifika. There were 152 pseudomyxoma …