Publication

Hanyang University HumanRobotics Lab

International Journal
Robot-Assisted Transarterial Chemoembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using a Coaxial Microcatheter Driving Controller-Responder Robot System: Clinical Pilot Study
Journal
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Vol
Vol. 32(9)
Page
p. 1565
Author
D. K. Kim, J. Woo, B.-J. Yi, H.-S. Song, G. M. Kim, J. H. Kwon, K. Han, and J. Y. Won
Year
2023
Date
2023. 09. 01
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Purpose
To evaluate the feasibility and safety of robot-assisted transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using a new coaxial microcatheter driving controller-responder robot (CRR) system.

Materials and Methods
A single-center prospective pilot study approved by the institutional review board was conducted using this CRR developed after analyzing 20 cases of conventional TACE procedures from May to October 2021. The study included 10 patients with HCCs: 5 (median age, 72 years; range, 64–73 years) underwent robot-assisted TACE, and 5 (median age, 57 years; range, 44–76 years) underwent conventional TACE for comparison. The feasibility and safety of robot-assisted TACE were evaluated by assessing the technical success, procedure time, adverse event rate, radiation dose, and early tumor response.

Results
The entire TACE procedure was divided into 30 steps, of which 8 could be robotized. In robot-assisted TACE, technical success was achieved in 4 (80%) of 5 patients. No procedure-related adverse event was observed. The median procedure time was 56 minutes. At the 1-month follow-up, 3 of the 4 patients showed a complete or partial response after robot-assisted TACE. The median radiation doses for the operator and patients were 0.4 and 2,167.5 μSv in robot-assisted TACE and 53.2 and 2,989.7 μSv in conventional TACE, respectively.

Conclusions
Robot-assisted TACE using a new CRR system was feasible and safe for the treatment of HCC and could remarkably decrease radiation exposure for the operators.