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...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2008;volume=41;issue=2;spage=145;epage=150;aulast=Thakur |