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We have used a reservoir system with an angiographic catheter and a coaxial microcatheter via the transfemoral route for hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (coaxial method), when gastroduodenal artery coil method is not available.
In this report, we present three cases of catheter fracture at the time of system removal. In all cases, the fracture occurred at the tip and insertion point into the femoral artery of an angiographic catheter.
When long-term placement of an angiographic catheter is performed for hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy, attention should be paid to its possible breakage at removal.
