title: Hepatic transcatheter arterial embolization with gastroduodenal artery blocking by finger compression.
abstract: Hepatic transcatheter arterial embolization was performed in two patients by blocking the gastroduodenal artery with finger compression on the abdominal surface. The embolizing material, which was injected into the common hepatic artery, did not enter the gastroduodenal artery. No postoperative complications were experienced. This method may be useful for patients in whom superselective catheterization of the proper hepatic artery is not feasible.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nimura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shionoya
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply