The Use of Regional Anesthesia to Reduce Blood Loss in Isolated Limb Perfusion (ILP)-A Novel Approach.

Background: Isolated limb perfusion (ILP) for soft tissue sarcomas (STS) is usually performed with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and melphalan. ILP regularly leads to a total blood loss (BLt) of 1.5-2 L/patient.