[Evaluation of the consequences of hepatic artery embolization under experimental conditions]

The experiments were performed in the healthy mongrel dogs aged 5 to 8 years whose body weight ranged from 10-20 kg. Just after the coeliac arteriography the hepatic artery was embolized. The dogs were divided into 2 groups because of the application of two different embolizing materials. Spongostan was used as the embolizing material in group I consisting of 7 dogs. In group II consisting of 5 dogs the embolizing material was absolute ethyl alcohol with urogranic acid. The symptoms of the postembolization syndrome were observed in all dogs after the embolization for 1-5 days. In most dogs the transient increase of the aminotransferase activity was observed while the results of thymol turbidity test and bilirubin levels in serum were not significantly changed. In dogs of group II the clinical picture after the embolization was clearly more severe. The anatomo- and histopathological examinations in dogs after the hepatic artery embolization were carried out. In group I no hepatic changes were found macroscopically. In the histopathological studies of liver the numerous, tiny foci of coagulative necrosis with the resorptive reactions were noticed. In group II multifocal deliquescent necrosis in the liver, numerous, small perivascular and extravascular foci of coagulative-deliquescent necrosis with the inflammatory and the resorptive reactions were noted.