Evaluation of Wedged Arterial Injection as a New Technique for Delivery of Experimental Therapeutic Sustances into the Porcine Pancreas

Figure 1

(a) Corrosion cast of the pig abdominal cavity. (b) Magnification from the square in previous image. (c) Magnification from the square in previous image, detail of the celiac artery branches. (d) Magnification from the square in previous image, detail of the major pancreatic artery. (e) Selective celiac angiography. (f) Magnification from the square in previous image, detail showing the major pancreatic artery from the splenic artery. (g) Selective celiac angiography, with contrast in portal vein. (h) Superselective angiography of the major pancreatic artery. (1) Abdominal aorta; (2) Celiac artery; (3) Splenic artery; (4) Hepatic artery; (5) Left gastric artery; (6) Major pancreatic artery; (7) Pancreatic vein; (8) Portal vein.