Balloon-occluded transarterial chemoembolization using a 1.8-French tip coaxial microballoon catheter for hepatocellular carcinoma: technical and safety considerations.
Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol
; 24(2): 94-100, 2015 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the technical feasibility and safety considerations of balloon-occluded transarterial chemoembolization (B-TACE) using a newly developed 1.8-French (Fr) tip microballoon catheter for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Between February 2013 and May 2013, 31 patients (20 males, 11 females; age range 56-85 years) underwent B-TACE using a 1.8-Fr tip microballoon catheter for unresectable HCC. The technical success rate, procedural complications, and adverse events of B-TACE were retrospectively investigated.RESULTS:
A total of 31 patients were subjected to 70 sessions of B-TACE using a 1.8-Fr tip microballoon catheter. The level of B-TACE was sub-subsegmental in 11, subsegmental in 35, segmental in 14, lobar in five, and right inferior phrenic artery in five sessions. The overall technical success rate was 99% (69 out of 70 sessions). As procedural complications, rupturing of the microballoon (n = 3) and aneurysmal dilatation at the site of balloon occlusion (n = 2) were encountered. There were no significant differences in any parameters between blood biochemical examination before and between two to four weeks after the procedure.CONCLUSION:
A 1.8-Fr tip microballoon catheter enables selective catheterization in patients with HCC and B-TACE using the 1.8-Fr tip microballoon catheter is a safe procedure.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Quimioembolización Terapéutica
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Carcinoma Hepatocelular
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Oclusión con Balón
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Neoplasias Hepáticas
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Antineoplásicos
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Revista:
Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol
Año:
2015
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Article
País de afiliación:
Japón