Abstract
Intralesional injection of corticosteroids is an effective treatment for capillary hemangiomas. Complications include embolisation of corticosteroid particles into the ocular circulation resulting in permanent loss of vision. This research is aimed at developing an injection cannula and monitoring system to prevent such inadvertent embolisation. A cannula has been designed to simultaneously estimate the pressure at its tip and the flow rate during injection. The estimation technique has previously been validated using an in vitro model. In this study, the cannula was tested in vivo with canine liver at injection flow rates of 2.5 to 21 ml min-1. The pressure generated in the tissue during injection was calculated using the technique developed. This was compared with direct in situ pressure measurements made with a coaxial outer cannula. The mean calculated pressure was seen to be linearly related to the mean measured pressure with a slope of 0.97, correlation coefficient of 0.99 and standard error of 2.74 mmHg. Similar trends were observed between the maximum calculated and maximum measured injection pressure: slope = 1.0, r = 0.99 and standard error = 5.54 mmHg. The estimation of the mean and maximum pressure from the cannula and monitoring system was accurate in canine liver. High pressures close to 250 mmHg were generated in tissues during injection.
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