[Liquid embolization of the renal artery with absolute ethanol].
Absolute ethanol is a new agent for use in embolization which has demonstrated excellent efficacy, is simple to manage, and above all is innocuous in case of reflux into the aorta. A part from provoking irreversible occlusion of the complete renal artery circle, embolization with ethanol provokes direct cellular toxic necrosis comparable with a true mummification. This is of fundamental importance during palliative embolization for renal cancer or in all cases of medical nephrectomy for non-neoplastic disease. Results of the use of liquid embolization of the renal artery with absolute ethanol are presented, the technique, described, and mechanisms of action analyzed based on histologic findings.
D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D000431:Ethanol
L'embolisation liquide de l'artère rénale avec l'éthanol absolu.