title: ["Wrapping therapy" for hepatocellular carcinomas with collateral feeders].
abstract: A new treatment method to intercept collaterals with silicone rubber sheeting, called "wrapping therapy", was used for 18 patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinomas having collateral feeders from other organs surrounding the liver. Chemoembolization in 17 of the 18 patients in whom it had been conducted more than once, had proven ineffective. Obvious collateral feeders (parasitic branches) to the tumors were recognized on hepatic angiograms in two-thirds of the patients. This procedure was followed by regional chemotherapy and/or chemoembolization. The 3- and 4-year survival rates of the patients after "wrapping therapy" were 54% and 54%, respectively. This therapy is worth using for hepatocellular carcinomas uncontrolled by arterial therapy because of development of collateral feeders.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imaoka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohigashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiratsuka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kabuto
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000098:blood supply / Q000628:therapy*; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008102:Liver Circulation; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012826:Silicone Elastomers
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers