Recent advances on bile duct injury after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for hepatic malignancy / 中华肝胆外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) has been widely applied in palliative treatment of unresectable primary and metastatic liver cancer,and its efficiency and safety also have been widely acknowledged.However,there is a wide range of related complications,such as upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage,liver failure,pulmonary embolism,embolic cholecystitis and so on.As a serious complication of TACE,bile duct injury has been reported intermittently since the introduction of hepatic arterial embolization therapy.However,the exact pathogenesis,predisposing factors and clinical implications of the injuries remain to be clarified.As we find,by far there is no literature review about the bile duct injury after TACE for liver malignant tumors both at home and abroad.Thus the purpose of our study was to discuss such current issue of bile duct injury,and 26 articles have been included and analyzed.