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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023

Efficacy and Safety of Distal Radial Access for Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization (TACE) of the Liver.

Roberto Minici, Raffaele Serra, Marco Giurdanella, Marisa Talarico, Maria Anna Siciliano, Gianpaolo Carrafiello, Domenico Laganà

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7 authors.

Roberto MiniciRadiology Unit, Dulbecco University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7680-0851
Raffaele SerraVascular Surgery Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Dulbecco University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4477-7412
Marco GiurdanellaRadiology Unit, Dulbecco University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Marisa TalaricoCardiology Unit, Dulbecco University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Maria Anna SicilianoOncology Unit, Dulbecco University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Gianpaolo CarrafielloDepartment of Health Sciences, Università Degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Domenico LaganàRadiology Unit, Dulbecco University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9158-0140

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe distal radial artery has emerged as an alternative vascular-access site to conventional transfemoral and transradial approaches. The main advantage over the conventional transradial route is the reduced risk of radial artery occlusion, especially in those patients who, for various clinical reasons, have to undergo repeated endovascular procedures. This study aims to assess the efficacy and safety of distal radial access for transcatheter arterial chemoembolization of the liver.

methodsThis investigation is a single-center retrospective analysis of 42 consecutive patients who had undergone, from January 2018 to December 2022, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization of the liver with distal radial access for intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma. Outcome data were compared with a retrospectively constituted control group of 40 patients undergoing drug-eluting beads-transcatheter arterial chemoembolization with femoral access.

resultsTechnical success was achieved in all cases, with a 2.4% conversion rate for distal radial access. A superselective chemoembolization was performed in 35 (83.3%) cases of distal radial access. No episode of radial artery spasm or radial artery occlusion occurred. No significant differences in efficacy and safety were observed between the distal radial access group and the femoral access group.

conclusionsDistal radial access is effective, safe, and comparable to femoral access in patients undergoing transcatheter arterial chemoembolization of the liver.

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anatomical snuff boxDEB-TACEdistal radial accessdistal radial arterydRAfemoral accessliver chemoembolizationradial accessTACEvascular access

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PMCPMC10142661

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