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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-966353
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided interstitial chemotherapy in the pancreas: results in a canine model
Publication History
submitted 28 July 2006
accepted after revision 20 December 2006
Publication Date:
06 June 2007 (online)
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Background and study aim: Interstitial chemotherapy using surgically implanted, biodegradable polymers has been reported. Our aim in this study was to investigate the feasibility and safety of endoscopic ultrasound- (EUS-) guided interstitial chemotherapy of the pancreas in a canine model.
Materials and methods: A therapeutic 19-gauge needle with a large channel was inserted into the pancreas under EUS guidance. The polymers for sustained intratumoral release of 5-fluorouracil were implanted into the tissue by the needle. After 14 days of clinical observation, the animals were sacrificed and the tissue response to the local chemotherapy was examined.
Results: All the polymers were implanted successfully and no implant migration occurred. Localized tissue fibrous necrosis was achieved in the pancreas, without significant complications. The apoptotic index of the tissue within 1 cm of the focus increased. Biochemical parameters were normal in all the dogs.
Conclusions: EUS-guided implantation of polymers is a safe, simple, and minimally invasive technique for interstitial chemotherapy in the pancreas.
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