Upper extremity tumor embolization using a transradial artery approach: technical note.
Transradial access is being used with increasing frequency for interventional radiology procedures and offers several key advantages, including decreased access site complications and increased patient comfort. We report the technique of using transradial access to perform preoperative embolization of a humeral renal cell carcinoma metastasis and pathologic fracture. A transradial approach for performing humeral preoperative tumor embolization has not been previously reported, to our knowledge. In the appropriately selected patient, this approach may be safely used to perform upper extremity embolization.
Department of Radiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
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Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 2125, Los Angeles, CA 90095-743730, USA.
Jason C
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Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 2125, Los Angeles, CA 90095-743730, USA; Department of Radiology, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jonathan K
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Park
Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 2125, Los Angeles, CA 90095-743730, USA; Department of Radiology, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Matthew
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Walsworth
Preoperative humeral tumor embolization; Transradial access