
doi: 10.1007/bf02587086
pmid: 7389516
Two patients with hepatic metastases from colonic cancer were treated with hepatic arterial FUDR using an innovative drug infusion system. The two patients reported underwent transbrachial hepatic artery catheterization with a 5 French polyethylene catheter. This catheter was amputated just distal to its exit from the brachial artery and attached to a totally implantable, percutaneously refillable drug infusion pump placed in the infraclavicular position. The patients received FUDR at flow rates of 3--4 ml/day. The pumps were refilled weekly by percutaneous injection. One patient was treated for seven weeks, and another for ten weeks without technical difficulties. This innovative approach offers marked improvement in comfort and convenience for patients who are candidates for long-term hepatic artery chemotherapy, and avoids the morbidity of laparotomy for direct hepatic arterial catheterization.
Male, Rectal Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Liver Neoplasms, Antineoplastic Agents, Adenocarcinoma, Middle Aged, Catheterization, Hepatic Artery, Colonic Neoplasms, Humans, Infusions, Intra-Arterial, Female, Fluorouracil, Aged
Male, Rectal Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Liver Neoplasms, Antineoplastic Agents, Adenocarcinoma, Middle Aged, Catheterization, Hepatic Artery, Colonic Neoplasms, Humans, Infusions, Intra-Arterial, Female, Fluorouracil, Aged
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