Microcatheter with a ball tip for hepatic embolization and intra-arterial chemotherapy

Hori, S.; Matsushita, M.; Narumi, Y.; Fujita, M.; Tomoda, K.; Marukawa, T.; Kuroda, C.; Kozuka, T.

European Journal of Radiology 9(1): 44-47

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0720-048X
PMID: 2731554
Document Number: 329593
A microcatheter used mainly for cranial arterial embolization and chemotherapy was employed for hepatic arterial embolization. The tip of the microcatheter is inflated like a small balloon which then acts as a calibrated-leak balloon. A coaxial system employing a conventional catheter for abdominal angiography combined with a propulsion chamber was used. Successful chemotherapy and embolization by Lipiodol and Spongel was carried out even in cases in whom it has been considered impossible to insert a catheter into the desired arteries.

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