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A collaborative approach to isolated limb perfusion
M Fraser1, P Marentay, R Berthà
1University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, USA.
AORN Journal
|October 26, 1999
Abstract:
Isolated limb perfusion is used to treat unresectable sarcoma, melanoma, and other select tumors. It is performed in the OR and requires collaboration by surgeons, perioperative nurses, anesthesia care providers, pharmacists, perfusion technologists, and nuclear medicine personnel. The procedure involves complete isolation of the vascular supply to a limb before an infusion of high dose chemotherapeutic medications.