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14619514

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-11-17
pubmed:abstractText
The authors investigated the usefulness of W-Spiral Catheters for adjuvant hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) chemotherapy following curative resection of colorectal liver metastases. The catheter has a special shape-memory alloy in its tip, which allows preferable fixation without coils and removal of the catheter if desired. A W-spiral catheter was successfully placed in 13 out of 16 patients who had undergone curative hepatectomy. In the remaining 3 cases in which the hepatic artery was smaller in diameter, a catheter was placed using the conventional GDA coiling method. Removal of the W-Spiral Catheter was attempted in 10 of the 13 patients with a Spiral Catheter after termination of HAI chemotherapy. In all cases, the catheters were easily and uneventfully removed, and 3D-CT angiography revealed that the hepatic artery was well preserved in most cases. These findings suggest that a new approach to prophylactic HAI chemotherapy with W-Spiral Catheters and subsequent removal of the catheters is reasonable and desirable.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0385-0684
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1766-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
[Prophylactic hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy after resection of colorectal liver metastases using removable W-spiral catheter].
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Surgery, NTT West Osaka Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract