Prolonged intraperitoneal infusion of 5-fluorouracil using a novel carrier solution.

A novel peritoneal carrier solution, Icodextrin 20 (7.5%), has allowed exploration of prolonged, intraperitoneal (i.p.

Prospective randomized trials on cytoreduction in ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer remains the main cause of death from gynaecological malignancy in England and Wales. Since the reports by Griffiths et al. in the 1970s that optimal cytoreduction to less than or equal to 1.

Failure to culture bacteria in groin lymph nodes during arterial reconstruction.

A prospective trial was undertaken to establish if infection of groin lymph nodes was a significant risk factor in postoperative wound infection in patients undergoing groin dissection for arterial reconstruction surgery. In a series of 32 patients there was no growth on culture of any lymph nodes biopsied. None of the cases developed a post-operative infection discharging pus.