Cathlab embolisation performed on 13-year-old dog in Pune

A 13-year-old Labrador named Muffin Zore, underwent a cathlab-guided embolisation for liver and spleen tumors astatine The Small Animal Clinic, Pune.  The canine had been admitted with terrible anemia, a debased platelet count, breathing difficulty, and abdominal distension. 

According to the clinic, pre-procedure investigations showed hemoglobin astatine 3.5 g/dL and platelet number astatine 30,000, with imaging indicating large tumors successful the spleen and liver and suspected metastasis. Clinical introspection noted a palpable abdominal wide estimated astatine 2.5–3 kg. The owners, Sumeet and Aru Zore of Pune, reported the canine had struggled to get up and locomotion for 4–5 months and was gasping for breath. 

Interventional tumor embolisation involves guiding a catheter done humor vessels to artifact the tumor’s humor supply, reducing its size and bleeding risk. The session stated that the attack tin beryllium considered for patients who are at high hazard for large surgery. 

Veterinary surgeon Narendra Pardeshi said the squad considered unfastened country to be high risk due to the dog’s fragile information and the vascularity of the spleen and liver. He added that the squad past opted for a minimally invasive embolisation, “The A catheter was passed done the femoral artery and guided to the arterial branches supplying the liver tumor to trim its humor supply.” Dr. Pardeshi further stated that this was a process performed successful a cathlab for the archetypal clip successful their veterinary practice, with the assistance of a vascular surgeon and an interventional radiologist. 

that the process was performed connected December 15, 2025.

The embolisation was carried retired nether the guidance of Dr. Dharmesh Gandhi (vascular surgeon) and Dr. Kiran Naiknaware (interventional radiologist), with method enactment from Mr. Kanhaiya Khaire, cath lab technician and manager of the cardiac department. No inpatient admittance was required, and the favored was discharged the aforesaid day, the session said.

The session reported that within 48 hours of the procedure, hemoglobin levels began to rise. At a 15-day follow-up, it recorded implicit 70% regression successful tumor size and implicit 70% simplification successful abdominal swelling. The doctors confirmed that Muffin is active, alert, breathing comfortably, and is steadily regaining strength.