Survival after regional perfusion for limb melanoma

Regional perfusion has been carried out in the limbs of a group of patients with recurrent melanoma, and has achieved disappearance of visible disease in the affected limb in 10 patients out of 28 (36%), prevention of local recurrence in five, and no effect on the disease in nine. This control of recurrent melanoma cost no mortality, but did carry a definite but acceptable morbidity.