INTRA-ARTERIAL REGIONAL ANALGESIA

Potential advantages of loco-regional intra-arterial chemotherapy.

Arterial infusion or perfusion are currently used to treat hepatic tumours, head and neck malignancy, melanomas and sarcomas of the limbs. An experimental study with epirubicin and cis-platinum infused into the hepatic artery was performed. Epirubicin was injected via the systemic vein or the hepatic artery in 27 rats. Cis-platinum was injected via a systemic route or the hepatic artery in 29 r...

Regional/perfusion analgesia.

Regional/perfusion analgesia involves the injection of a local analgesic solution into the vein of a limb which has been made ischemic by a tourniquet. Such analgesia is most useful for operations on the arms but can be used in the leg. The following is a review of this method of analgesia, including a general review of local analgesic drug effects and methods of treatment. At our hospital,* we...

Regional block analgesia.

Regional Analgesia for Intra-Abdominal Surgery. With Special Reference to Amethocaine Hydrochloride

Intravenous Regional Analgesia: an Appraisal.