Microwave Ablation for Adenomyosis
Fig. 23.1 A 39-year-old woman who suffered from adenomyosis for about 5 years, with visual analogue scale (VAS) of 10, hemoglobin 106 g/l. Her uterine size was 11.5 cm × 9.0 cm × 11.3…
Effectiveness of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Evaluating Microwave Ablation of Renal Cell Carcinoma
Fig. 31.1 Images in a 53-year-old female with a renal clear cell carcinoma (RCC) (4.8 cm × 4.5 cm) in the right kidney treated with microwave ablation (MWA). (a) Pre-ablation contrast-enhanced ultrasound…
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound-Guided Microwave Ablation for Hepatic Tumors Inconspicuous on Conventional Ultrasound
Fig. 29.1 Images in a 58-year-old man who underwent contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) guidance microwave ablation (MWA) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). (a) Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) shows a local nodule (arrows)…
Microwave Ablation of Benign Thyroid Nodules
Fig. 19.1 Ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) in a 47-year-old female patient with thyroid oxyphilic adenoma with a volume of 3.3 ml. The nodule is on the right thyroid lobe….
Application of Artificial Pleural Effusion in Microwave Ablation of Liver Tumor
Fig. 13.1 Images in a 58-year-old man with 1.8 cm hepatocellular carcinoma treated by percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) with artificial pleural effusion. (a) Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before MWA…
Microwave Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Author Patients System Tumor size (cm) Follow-up (months) CA (%) LTP (%) Five-year survival (%) Major complication (%) Seki et al. [7] 18 Microtaze <2 11–33 100 0 N/A 0…
Ultrasound-Guided Microwave Ablation for Superficial Malignant Tumors
Category Age (years) 55.12 ± 14.08 Sex (M/F) 20/12 Original/metastasis 9/49 Tumor number (1/2/3) 58 ≤3 cm/3–5 cm/>5 cm 35/11/12 Tumor diameter (cm) 3.33 ± 2.26 Tumor location (abdominal wall/chest wall/groin) 42/13/3 Ablation power…
Percutaneous Ultrasound-Guided Microwave Ablation of Liver Metastasis
Author Patient number Primary cancer R0 resection MST (months) Survival (%) 1-year 3-year 5-year Choti et al. [14] 226 Colorectal N/A 46 N/A N/A 40 Sarmiento et al. [19] 170…
Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined with Microwave Ablation Against Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Parameter Non-exposure Low exposure High exposure p (n = 107) (n = 93) (n = 105) Gender Male 90 78 85 0.797 Female 17 15 20 Age (year) 57.1 ± 12.0 56.7 ± 10.8 56.4 ± 11.3 0.996 Number of lesions 1…
Microwave Ablation of Large (≥5.0 cm) Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Fig. 4.1 Microwave ablation (MWA) in a 55-year-old woman with HCC on right lobe of the liver (S8), who refuses to undergo hepatic resection. (a) Preablation conventional ultrasound (US) scan…
