Temporary indwelling catheter system via the left brachial artery: evaluation in 83 patients with hepatic tumors.

Nagaoka, Sakae; Itano, Satoshi; Nagamatsu, Hiroaki; Akiyoshi, Junji; Kurogi, Junichi; Tajiri, Nobuyoshi; Kajiwara, Masahiko; Sata, Michio · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2007

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

The purpose of our study was to evaluate retrospectively the usefulness and complications associated with a temporary indwelling catheter system through the brachial artery for patients with liver tumors. The temporary indwelling catheter system via the left brachial artery can be used not only for CO2-enhanced sonographically guided aspiration biopsy, radiofrequency ablation, and percutaneous ethanol injection, but also for short-term hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy and transcatheter arterial chemoembolization.

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