Laparoscopic placement of a continuous hepatic artery infusion pump

Abstract

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.