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INTRAARTERIAL INFUSION CHEMOTHERAPY IN SALVAGE OF LIMBS INVOLVED WITH ADVANCED NEOPLASMS
Author(s) -
Stephens Frederick O.,
Crea Paul,
Harker Garry J. S.,
Lonergan Denise M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1980.tb04147.x
Subject(s) - medicine , amputation , chemotherapy , surgery , basal (medicine) , salvage therapy , insulin
Partial or complete limb salvage has been achieved in seven patients by the use of basal intraarterial infusion chemotherapy. All had either refused amputation or had been considered unsuitable for it. Results in all cases showed marked tumour regression to a size where local measures were then successful in controlling the disease. Six of the patients are alive and well with no sign of recurrence at periods ranging from four months to six years.