[The percutaneous placement of intra-arterial catheters with "reservoirs" for subcutaneous infusion. The technic and preliminary results].

Abstract

In conclusion, the percutaneous placement of intraarterial catheters for continuous regional chemotherapy is a feasible, safe and tolerable procedure and can represent an alternative to the surgical implantation of catheters in the hepatic artery for the treatment of liver metastases from colorectal cancer. The technique opens new therapeutic possibilities for the local treatment of extrahepatic tumors (such as gynecologic, vesical, pancreatic and breast cancers), even though its clinical efficacy must be assessed in selected trials.