Ultraselective transcatheter arterial chemoembolization with a 2-F tip microcatheter for small hepatocellular carcinomas: Relationship between local tumor recurrence and visualization of the portal vein with iodized oil
Ultraselective transcatheter arterial chemoembolization with a 2-F tip microcatheter for small hepatocellular carcinomas: Relationship between local tumor recurrence and visualization of the portal vein with iodized oil
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jvir.2006.12.004
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发表时间:
2007-03-01
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2.9
通讯作者:
Mitsui, Takeshi
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作者:
Miyayama, Shiro;Matsui, Osamu;Mitsui, Takeshi
PURPOSE: To retrospectively evaluate the relationship between local tumor recurrence and iodized oil deposition in the portal vein by using ultraselective transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for small hepatocellular carcinoma.MATERIALS AND METHODS: One-hundred twenty-three tumors smaller than 5 cm in diameter (mean diameter, 1.9 cm; median diameter, 1.6 cm) were treated with TACE by using a 2-F tip microcatheter at a distal portion of the subsegmental artery of the liver. Portal vein visualization at spot radiography during TACE was divided into three grades, as follows: 0 = not visualized, 1 = limited near the tumor, and 2 = whole or extended to the embolized area. Local recurrence rates of each grade group were compared. The recurrent pattern was divided into intratumoral and peritumoral recurrence. Complications were also analyzed.RESULTS: Of the 123 tumors, 53 (43.1%) were classified as grade 2, 52 (42.3%) were classified as grade 1, and 18 (14.6%) tumors were classified as grade 0. Overall local recurrence rates at 12, 24, and 36 months were 25.6%, 34.7%, and 34.7%, respectively. The local recurrence rates for the grades 2, 1, and 0 groups were 7.9%, 24.8%, and 85.7%, respectively, at 12 months and 17.7%, 38.9%, and 85.7% at 24 months. Recurrence rates in the grade 2 group were significantly lower than those in the grades 1 and 0 groups (P =.0485 and P