title: Intervascular occlusion of canine renal, splenic, and vertebral arteries using electromagnetic field focusing (EFF) probe.
abstract: Electromagnetic field-focusing (EFF) probe is a precision surgical and interventional tool. Use of the device produces maximum temperature in excess of 1800 degrees C by convergence of radio-frequency (RF) induced eddy currents in biological tissues. Applications of the EFF probe in angioplasty, aneurysm thrombosis, and neurosurgery have been previously reported. In the present work, the EFF probe was guided under fluoroscopic control and used to occlude renal, splenic, and vertebral arteries in dogs. The occlusion was typically accomplished with about one minute of RF power application. Histology of the treated vessel three to six weeks posttreatment showed total occlusion consisting of intimal and subintimal changes and organized thrombus in the lumen. This suggests that the EFF probe in comparison with other procedures is an inexpensive, relatively safe precision interventional tool for performing an occlusion for experimental and therapeutic purposes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Oral Roberts University School of Medicine, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Yamanashi
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Saksanen
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Valentine
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Powers
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006358:Hot Temperature; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000601:surgery; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000601:surgery