Surgical treatment of extravasation injuries

J Surg Oncol. 2005 Sep 15;91(4):264-8; discussion 268-9. doi: 10.1002/jso.20248.

Abstract

The authors present their experience of treating anti-cancer drug extravasation by means of a composite surgical technique that consists of infiltration with physiological solution and hyaluronidase and subsequent manual aspiration of solutes alternated with profuse irrigation of the infiltrated area. In the immediate post-op we carry out a medical therapy that consists of calciparine and topic antibiotic and/or steroid creams. Since the year 2000 this technique has been used on 25 patients. We have had neither complications nor scars.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Cicatrix
  • Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / surgery*
  • Female
  • Hand
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Therapeutic Irrigation
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents