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1Department of Surgery,Leiden University Medical Centre, 2Department of Radiology,Leiden University Medical Centre, 3Department of Anesthesiology,Leiden University Medical Centre, 4Department of Extracorporeal Circulation,Leiden University Medical Centre, 5Department of Medical Oncology,Leiden University Medical Centre, 6Department of Surgery,Erasmus MC Cancer Institute
Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 00:49Preparation and Creating a Perfusion Circuit
- 01:47Placement of Sheaths by Interventional Radiologist
- 02:43Isolation of the Hepatic Vein and Creating a Circuit Outside the Body
- 04:46Closing the Circuit and Infusion of Melphalan
- 06:45Results: Unresected Liver Metastases Treatment Using Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion with Melphalan
- 07:32Conclusion
In this manuscript, we describe percutaneous isolated hepatic perfusion with simultaneous chemofiltration as treatment for unresectable liver metastases. This procedure is performed under general anaesthesia in the angiosuite by an experienced team, consisting of an interventional radiologist, a clinical perfusionist and anaesthesiologist.
