Case Report

Vascular Complications following Isolated Limb Perfusion for Local Recurrence of Extremity Melanoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Incidence of vascular complications after HILP in the literature.

ReferenceArterial thrombosisThrombosis siteHILP drugs

Rochlin (1965)2/200 (1%)Femoral arteryMelphalan
Fontaine (1974)1/56 (1.8%)External iliac arteryMelphalan
Bulman (1980)4/75 (5.3%)Femoral arteryMelphalan
Krementz (1994)6/703 (0.9%)Femoral arteryDrug combinations
Hohenberger (1994)3/342 (0.9%)External iliac arteryDrug Combinations
Klicks (1998)10/466 (2.1%)External iliac arteryTNF-α + Melphalan
Rossi (2004)1/20 (5%)Femoral arteryTNF-α + Melphalan
Grunhagen (2005)1/217 (0.5%)Mesenteric arteryTNF-α + Melphalan