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Embolisation
Embolisation of a tumor or metastasis is done through an artery in the leg. Under local anesthetic doctors lead a thin plastic tube into the vein and taking x-ray they find the path to either tumor or metastases. Then the medication is sprayed directly into the tumor or metastases. The medication makes some molecules move in the veins around the cancer tumor and this blocks the artery feeding the tumor. When the artery is blocked, the tumour will not survive because it does not receive the blood. This treatment can be carried out several times, depending on how big the tumor is. The treatment takes approx. 1 hour, but afterwards the patient is not allowed to move his/her leg for 12 hours.   Scanning Pictures from an operation. Before the doctors start the Embolisation of the tumor, they will inject a contrast liquid into the vein so it is possible to find the vein or veins that supply the tumor with the blood. The picture below shows the first injection of the contrast liquid.      In Photo 1 it is possible to see the tube the doctors put in the artery in the leg.
All the black colour in the photo is the veins and vessels in the tumor and in Photo 5 it is possible to see how big the tumor is.
The tumor is placed under the right arm between the ribs and the skin.
After the first injection with the Embolisation medicine, the doctors inject the contrast liquid one more time to see the effect of the Embolisation.
      The next 4 photos show the last injection of the contrast liquid.
    After the Embolisation, it is not longer possible to inject the contrast liquid. After one week the doctors will inject the contrast liquid again to see the effectiveness of the treatment and if it is necessary, they will continue the treatment. |
