Are prophylactic antibiotics necessary prior to transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with native biliary anatomy?

Jennifer M WatchmakerAndrew J LipnikMicah R FritscheJennifer C BakerSamdeep K MouliSunil GeevargheseFilip BanovacReed A OmaryDaniel B Brown

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2018)

In patients with HCC and an intact Sphincter of Oddi, TACE was performed safely without prophylactic antibiotics. The majority of the patients were BCLC and CP A/B. Additional study of BCLC and CP C patients is warranted.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
urinary incontinence