Intraarterial chemotherapy of liver metastases: implantation of a microcatheter-port system with use of modified fixed catheter tip technique.
A new method was developed to implant a microcatheter-port system for repeat intraarterial chemotherapy of liver metastases. The microcatheter-port system was successfully implanted in all 20 patients reported in this study, and the only complications were one early occlusion of the hepatic artery and one dislocation of the implanted catheter.
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Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba City, Japan. toshiyuki.irie@nifty.com
D000368:Aged; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D015918:Infusion Pumps, Implantable; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged