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    Vascular and Interventional Radiology

    Value of Transcatheter Arterial Embolization with Coils and n-Butyl Cyanoacrylate for Long-term Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy

    Published Online:Mar 1 2004https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2303021564

    Abstract

    PURPOSE: To assess the value of transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) of splanchnic arterial branches to allow continuous application of repeat hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC).

    MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 128 patients with unresectable advanced liver cancer, percutaneous implantation of a port catheter system and TAE of splanchnic arteries with coils and/or n-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA) were performed. Parameters included (a) methods selected for catheter placement; (b) embolic materials used (coils and/or NBCA, number of coils, administration rate of NBCA–iodized oil) for TAE of splanchnic arteries, details of embolized arteries, and frequency of recanalization; (c) ability to prevent gastrointestinal symptoms by avoiding inflow of anticancer drugs into extrahepatic adjacent organs and to maintain distribution of contrast agents in liver, as well as management of difficulties encountered; (d) complications related to catheter system implantation or to long-term HAIC and management of such complications; and (e) final success in performing scheduled HAIC while maintaining distribution over liver via a single route without gastrointestinal symptoms caused by inflow of anticancer drugs. Fisher exact test was used to compare recanalization rate between coil-embolized and NBCA- or NBCA-coil–embolized arteries, and frequency of heterogeneously poor distribution was compared between patients with single and those with multiple hepatic arteries.

    RESULTS: Embolization was successful during first catheterization in 326 arteries and during follow-up in 10. In 119 (93.0%) of 128 patients, repeat HAIC was effective until death or the time of this writing (observation period, 2–47 months). HAIC was continued in two patients, although anticancer drugs did not distribute to all liver tumors. Arteries once embolized with coils alone spontaneously recanalized at a significantly higher rate than those with NBCA (eight of 192 vs one of 144, P = .048). Rate of heterogeneously poor distribution was significantly higher in those with two or more hepatic arteries than in those with one (seven of 17 vs nine of 111, P = .001).

    CONCLUSION: TAE for various splanchnic organs is useful for efficient performance of long-term HAIC.

    © RSNA, 2004

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    Published in print: Mar 2004