Purpose: To determine the rate of complications associated with hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) catheter placement, as well as technical success related to liver perfusion.
Materials And Methods: The authors reviewed 44 patients who underwent 106 HAI catheter placements, including 15 men and 29 women with an average age of 55 years (range, 32-82 years). One to nine placements were performed per patient with 61 (58%) via the left brachial artery, 40 (38%) via the right femoral artery, and five (4%) via the left femoral artery. Chemoinfusion lasted 4 days, with initial catheter placement assessed on technetium-99m macroaggregated albumin (MAA) perfusion scans, as well as daily abdominal radiographs.
Results: One hundred attempted hepatic arterial catheter placements were completed. Liver perfusion was global in 66 (66%) cases, in the right lobe only in 28 (28%) cases, and in the left lobe only in six (6%) cases. Eight (8%) had gastrointestinal (GI) tract perfusion; this was eliminated in seven cases (7%) after catheter repositioning. Forty-six (43%) placement attempts required embolization of 62 GI vessels to preclude GI chemoinfusion. Complications included one cerebrovascular accident (related to removal of a left brachial catheter), eight brachial artery thromboses (four that required emergent thrombectomy), six hepatic arterial dissections, four hepatic arterial thromboses, and four catheter malfunctions.
Conclusions: HAI catheter placement via the left brachial artery has increased complications. Nearly one-half of placements required embolization of GI vessels to preclude GI perfusion. Global perfusion is possible in two-thirds of cases.
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