Use of proximal side-hole micro-balloon catheter in transcatheter hepatic arterial chemoembolization

Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol. 2017 Dec;26(6):372-376. doi: 10.1080/13645706.2017.1322614. Epub 2017 May 12.

Abstract

We report on a 70-year-old man with unresectable multiple hepatocellular carcinomas who underwent treatment with transcatheter hepatic arterial chemoembolization. In treating a tumor in segment 1 of the liver, the proximal side-hole micro-balloon catheter, which has been newly developed, was useful.

Keywords: Chemoembolization; interventional procedures; liver neoplasm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery*
  • Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Catheters*
  • Chemoembolization, Therapeutic*
  • Hepatic Artery*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male