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Regional liver infusion chemotherapy has been used for several decades in the treatment of isolated hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer. Although implantation of infusion pumps has traditionally required a laparotomy, minimally invasive techniques have been used recently in an attempt to reduce the morbidity resulting from pump placement. This report describes a technique for laparoscopic pump placement and presents the investigators' results with this technique. Copyright © 2000 by W B. Saunders Company

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Colorectal neoplasms liver neoplasms metastases hepatic artery chemotherapy intra-arterial infusion therapy.

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Laparoscopic Placement of a Continuous Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump

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