[Dearterialization of the liver as a treatment method in hemangiomas]

The article is devoted to the experiences with treatment of hemangiomatous lesions of the liver. Results of palliative treatment of 65 patients by methods of dearterialization of the liver (ligation and embolization of the hepatic artery) are presented. The authors make a conclusion that dearterialization of the liver is a sufficiently effective method of treatment resulting in sclerosing the hemangiomas and substitution of them with the fibrous tissue. It is not followed by the development of pronounced complications and lethality. With clinical manifestations retained after embolization of the hepatic artery it is possible to perform resection of the liver with hemangioma, the operative intervention in this case being accompanied by less blood loss, and it is easier technically than when it is fulfilled without preliminary dearterialization of the liver.