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Surgical treatment of extravasation injuries
Author(s) -
Napoli Pietro,
Corradino Bartolo,
Badalamenti Giuseppe,
Tripoli Massimiliano,
Vieni Salvatore,
Furfaro M. Fabio,
Cordova Adriana,
Moschella Francesco
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.20248
Subject(s) - medicine , extravasation , surgery , infiltration (hvac) , scars , hyaluronidase , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , thermodynamics , enzyme
The authors present their experience of treating anti‐cancer drug extravasation by means of a composite surgical technique that consists of infiltration with physiological solution and hyaluronidase and subsequent manual aspiration of solutes alternated with profuse irrigation of the infiltrated area. In the immediate post‐op we carry out a medical therapy that consists of calciparine and topic antibiotic and/or steroid creams. Since the year 2000 this technique has been used on 25 patients. We have had neither complications nor scars. J. Surg. Oncol. 2005;91:264–268. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.