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The aim of this study is to review the role and technique of renal artery embolisation (RAE), and assess its effectiveness in the palliative treatment of unresectable or inoperable renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in our institution. The study group consisted of 19 consecutive patients (16 male, 3 female; age range 47-87 years) who underwent palliative RAE for the treatment of renal carcinoma between January 2000 and December 2005. Unresectable disease was present in 11 patients (3 stage IVa, 8 stage IVb). Potentially resectable disease was present in 8 patients (4 stage II, 1 stage IIIa, 1 stage IIIb, 2 stage IIIc); however, these patients were unfit for surgery for other reasons. 13 patients presented with haematuria, which was gross in 7 patients. Nine patients complained of flank pain. RAE was performed using polyvinyl alcohol or embosphere particles, metallic coils and, in some cases, absolute alcohol was necessary. At the time of analysis, 12 patients had died while 7 patients were still alive, with an overall median survival for the study group of 6 months. In the 7 patients with transfusion dependant gross haematuria, there was stabilization of the haemoglobin level post-embolisa

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Author

N J Maxwell; N Saleem Amer; E Rogers; D Kiely; P Sweeney; A P Brady

Publisher

British Institute of Radiology

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)