Abstract:
Objective To explore the clinical efficacy of hepatic arterial embolization for polycystic liver.
Methods Five patients diagnosed by CT were collected, whose clinical manifestations were abdominal distension, early satiety, lower extremity edema, gastroesophageal reflux and so on. After femoral artery was punctured, the catheter was sent into hepatic artery for angiography to confirmed cysts artery. PVA particles and micro-coils were used to embolize the arteries of cysts. Volume of cystic was compared between preoperative and postoperative.
Results All patients were embolized successfully once. Preoperative cyst volume was 2980—5020 cm3 (the average was [3760±860]cm3). After 12 months, cyst volume was 2135—3263 cm3 (the average was [2570±490]cm3). The cyst volume after 12 months was smaller than preoperation (P<0.05). Hospital day was 5—9 days (the average was [6.8±1.5]days).
Conclusions Hepatic artery embolization is a new method for polycystic liver. This method was safe, minimally invasive, repeatability and can be better to reduce the patient's symptoms.
Key words:
Polycystic liver disease,
Hepatic artery,
Embolization, therapeutic,
Efficacy
Yi Chen, Chunming Xie, Ningdong Pang, Minling Yang, Duiping Feng. Clinical efficacy of hepatic artery embolization for polycystic liver[J]. Chinese Journal of Interventional Radiology(Electronic Edition), 2014, 02(04): 9-11.