Complications of Microwave Ablation for Liver Tumors

SR Liu, P Liang - Microwave Ablation Treatment of Solid Tumors, 2015 - Springer
In recent two decades, microwave ablation has been accepted as an effective method in the
treatment of primary liver tumors, with a 5-year survival rate comparable to that of hepatic …

Safety and efficacy of microwave ablation of hepatic tumors: a prospective review of a 5-year experience

RCG Martin, CR Scoggins, KM McMasters - Annals of surgical oncology, 2010 - Springer
Background This study was designed to evaluate the safety, efficiency, effectiveness, and
overall long-term outcome in patients treated with microwave thermal ablation of hepatic …

[HTML][HTML] International multicentre prospective study on microwave ablation of liver tumours: preliminary results

DM Lloyd, KN Lau, F Welsh, KF Lee, DJ Sherlock… - Hpb, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Microwave ablation (MWA) is increasingly utilized in the treatment of hepatic
tumours. Promising single-centre reports have demonstrated its safety and efficacy, but this …

Efficacy and safety of microwave ablation for primary and secondary liver malignancies: a systematic review

SL Ong, G Gravante, MS Metcalfe… - European journal of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
This article reviews the therapeutic efficacy and complications of microwave ablation (MWA)
in the treatment of primary and secondary liver malignancies. A PubMed search using …

Complications from percutaneous microwave ablation of liver tumours: a pictorial review

C Fang, K Cortis, GT Yusuf, S Gregory… - The British Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Percutaneous microwave ablation of liver tumours is a well-established technique that has
been proven to be effective in the curative and palliative treatment of small volume primary …

Microwave ablation for unresectable hepatic tumours: clinical results using a novel microwave probe and generator

N Bhardwaj, AD Strickland, F Ahmad… - European Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Microwave ablation is an in situ method of tumour destruction used to treat
patients with unresectable liver tumours. A new microwave generator and probe, designed …

Microwave ablation for hepatic malignancies: a systematic review of the technology and differences in devices

B Barrow, RCG Martin II - Surgical Endoscopy, 2023 - Springer
Background Microwave ablation (MWA) has become the standard thermal-based treatment
for hepatic malignancies in patients who have unresectable disease based on the biology of …

Malignant Liver Tumors: Treatment with Percutaneous Microwave Ablation—Complications among Cohort of 1136 Patients1

P Liang, Y Wang, XL Yu, B Dong - Radiology, 2009 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To report the complications for percutaneous microwave (MW) ablation for the
treatment of malignant liver tumors and the possible risk factors for complications in a large …

Microwave ablation for hepatic malignancies: a multiinstitutional analysis

RT Groeschl, CHC Pilgrim, EM Hanna, KA Simo… - Annals of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This study hypothesized that tumor size, number of tumors, surgical approach,
and tumor histology significantly affected microwave ablation (MWA) success and …

Value of microwave ablation in treatment of large lesions of hepatocellular carcinoma

E Medhat, A Abdel Aziz, M Nabeel… - Journal of Digestive …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Thermal ablative therapies continue to be favored as a safe and effective
treatment for patients with non‐resectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Percutaneous …