PIPAC is a simple procedure that takes less than an hour. It’s known as a minimally invasive surgery because the doctor only has to make small cuts.
They’ll use them to put a tube called a trochar inside your belly. It will help them guide a camera, or laparoscope, and other surgical tools for the procedure.
During PIPAC, the doctor injects the medication into your belly through a nebulizer, a machine that turns liquid medicine into a fine mist. The goal is to remove cancer while minimizing the unwanted effects of surgery, helping patients heal both physically and emotionally.
That helps it go more deeply into your body. Once the drug is inside your body, you’ll wait for 30 minutes as it goes to work.