Extravasational side effects of cytotoxic drugs: A preventable catastrophe

In addition to their therapeutic effects on malignant cells, cytotoxic agents have the potential of causing destruction of healthy, normal cells. Extravasation of the drug can produce extensive necrosis of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Management of these extravasational effects differs from one...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S Thakur Jagdeep, G S.C Chauhan, K. Vijay Diwana, C. Dayal Chauhan, Thakur Anamika
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2008-07-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1699256
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!