Optimal procedure for thermal delivery in hyperthermic/chemotherapeutic treatments in the isolated perfusion of the the limbs.
Isolated locoregional limbs perfusion treatments of various malignancies have demonstrated synergistic efficacy when hyperthermia was associated with chemotherapy. This paper delineates the criteria, the technical provisions and the specifications that have been improved and implemented at our Institution. It is believed that, following the indications offered in this paper, several, apparently still unsolved problems of treatment planning and implementation will be overcome, offering closely controlled and highly reproducible procedures with a significant progress in the feasibility of reliable comparisons of the results among different research centres and in the reduction of the occurrence of controversial results or unexpected complications.
Pace
M
M
Dept. of Medical and Surgical Care, Section of General and Oncological Surgery University of Florence, Italy.
Millanta
L
L
Polignano
M
M
Gattai
R
R
Macera Mascitelli
E
E
D000818:Animals; D005121:Extremities; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy*; D010477:Perfusion; D013696:Temperature