[Visceral arterial embolization (VAE). Note I. VAE in renal cancer. Experimental study and preliminary clinical...

After a short history of the VAE, a new method in the intervention radiology, the authors present the technique and results of the experimental renal VAE performed on dogs, with autologous clot, Gelaspon and Isobutyl-2-cyanoacrylat. The favourable results of the experimental investigations permitted for the first time in our country the use of VAE in inoperable renal cancers. The paper presents the clinico-therapeutical results of VAE as well as the control angiographic and echotomographic aspects after embolization. The conclusions support the need of using VAE both preoperatively and in the inoperable cases of renal cancer, suggesting the possibility of extending the use of this method to other visceral cancers with selective arterial catheterizations approach.