This procedure involves the percutaneous access to hepatic artery through the femoral artery.
Road Map: Femoral Artery > Abdominal Aorta > Celiac Axis > Common Hepatic Artery > Proper Hepatic Artery.
Arteriogram of the liver is performed by injecting the contrast to see the braches of the hepatic artery supplying the tumour. When a blood vessel supplying the tumour has been approached the chemotherapy dose is injected into it with the help of the catheter. The gel foam or other embolic particles also injected into the vessel to cut down the blood supply of the tumour and to maximise the time of the chemotherapeutic dose to retain in the area of the tumour.
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