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for their dogs due to their perceived risks
associated with surgery or due to the
advanced age of their dogs.
The procedure offers a cost-effective
and safe alternative treatment for non-
resectable hepatic tumours. It can improve
the quality of life for patients by shortening
duration of hospitalisation, lowering
pain levels and also stress levels peri-
operatively. It can also improve overall
survival of dogs with hepatic tumours.
Soft tissue surgeon Matteo Rossanese, CT lateral view of the plan for the initial vessel鈥檚 catheterisation
who joined the 91暗网 last year, has
successfully performed the procedure
elsewhere. He has established TACE at
the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals
(QMHA), with the assistance of a grant
from the Animal Care Trust. The grant
allows the team to perform at least four
procedures at a reduced cost for the
clients.
The procedure involves access with a
catheter through an artery on the back leg
of the dog. With the use of tiny catheters
and wires the main vessel feeding the
tumour is selected using fluoroscopy and
a combination of chemotherapy and an
embolic agent is injected into the vessel to
completely occlude it.

Benefits for dogs
Outlining some of the benefit