| Title | Temporary redistribution of hepatic or pancreatic blood flow by vascular occluders during intra-arterial chemotherapy for carcinoma of the liver or pancreas. |
| Author(s) | Shimamura Y, Gunvén P, Ishii M, Abe K |
| Institution | Chibanishi West Hospital, Matsudo, Japan. |
| Source | Surg Gynecol Obstet 1993 Dec; 177(6):617-9. |
| MeSH | Balloon Dilatation
Female
Humans
Infusions, Intra-Arterial
Liver
Liver Neoplasms
Male
Pancreas
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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| Abstract | Surgically placed inflatable vascular occluders temporarily increased or restricted the target volume for intra-arterial therapy for tumors in the liver and pancreas. Proximal occlusion of the common hepatic artery directed retrograde flow from the cannulated gastroduodenal artery into a variant left hepatic artery in one patient with carcinoma of the liver. Occlusion of the distal splenic artery and common hepatic artery after distal gastrectomy with cannulation of the left gastric artery gave selective perfusion of the tumor-bearing pancreatic head in three patients. The occlusions had no untoward effects and the regional infusions seemed to retard local tumor growth. |
| Language | eng |
| Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
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| PubMed ID | 8266275 |
