Abstract

Twenty-two patients with colorectal cancer and synchronous unresectable hepatic metastases were treated by resection the primary tumour with concurrent insertion of an Infusaid infusaport system for regional chemoperfusion (hepatic arterial 20, portal venous 2). Four patients in addition had cryotherapy the liver metastases. Morbidity from the synchronous procedures was minimal. Median survival was 10 months. Four patients with poorly-differentiated tumours had a poor response, with a median survival of 3.75 months.

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