Unwanted isolated limb

Experience with isolated limb perfusion

Isolated Lower Limb Phocomelia – a Rare Limb Malformation

Priyanka Bansal*, MD; Akhil Bansal, MD, and Shitalmala Devi, MD Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Department of Pathology, India Received: Jan 29, 2011; Accepted: Mar 24, 2012 Phocomelia, ie the absence or severe hypoplasia of the long tubular bones with more or less intact hands and or feet, is widely known to be the most spectacular finding of thalidomide embryopathy[1]. It may be complete in...

Isolated limb infusion for melanoma: a simple alternative to isolated limb perfusion.

OBJECTIVE To describe initial experience with the new technique of isolated limb infusion (ILI) for in-transit melanoma. DESIGN A prospective case series. SETTING The major tertiary care oncology centre for the state of Victoria, Australia. PATIENTS Nine patients having for extensive in-transit limb melanoma INTERVENTIONS All patients received ILI (13 treatments). OUTCOME MEASURES Pat...

Unwanted patients and unwanted diagnostic errors.

Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Evaluative Clinical Sciences Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Center for Leading Injury Prevention Practice Education & Rese...

Hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion for extremity sarcomas.

BACKGROUND The treatment options available for extremity sarcomas are amputation or limb-sparing surgery with radiation, which may incur significant morbidity and body disfigurement. Hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion (HILP) may be an attractive option in extremity sarcomas for unresectable lesions to preserve limb function and maintain quality of life. METHODS We report the outcomes of 5 p...