Oncologists removed an apple-sized tumor through a small puncture
The situation was complicated by severe concomitant diseases. The patient has a history of heart attack, stroke, mechanical aortic valve and systemic vascular atherosclerosis. The patient was constantly taking anticoagulants, so open surgery was accompanied by high risks of both bleeding and thrombosis when therapy was discontinued.
This case required not just one doctor, but an entire OncoCardio Team — a team of X-ray endovascular surgeons, oncologists, and cardiologists. At a multidisciplinary consultation, experts decided in favor of minimally invasive endovascular intervention.
The patient underwent embolization of the prostatic arteries with blood flow shut down in a large adenoma. The operation was performed through a small puncture of the femoral artery under local anesthesia.
Through a microcatheter, X-ray endovascular surgeons determined the abnormal blood flow feeding the tumor and blocked it with the help of special microemboles. After the blood supply is stopped, the adenoma gradually decreases in size.
It was the joint work of specialists from different profiles that made it possible to choose a safe treatment strategy for a patient with a high risk of complications and to carry out an intervention without canceling vital therapy. Without incisions, general anesthesia and long-term recovery, the patient returned to the ward after the intervention and continued his recovery under the supervision of doctors.