Microwave Ablation on Spleen
Author No of pts Power (W) Ablation time (mins) Spleen ablation ratio (%) WBC level PLT level Fever (%) Pain (%) Hydrothorax (%) Transient hemoglobinuria (%) Delayed hemorrhage (%) Ecchymosis…
Microwave Ablation in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Near Diaphragm
Fig. 12.1 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in a 45-year-old woman with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). (a) Contrast-enhanced MRI scan shows a lesion with hyperenhancement images near diaphragm (arrow); (b) arterial…
Microwave Ablation for Malignant Liver Tumors Adjacent to the Hepatic Hilum
Fig. 9.1 Microwave ablation (MWA) in a 75-year-old woman with liver tumor (3.3 × 3.1 cm) adjacent to the hepatic hilum. (a) Grayscale ultrasonography before MWA showed an isoechoic tumor adjacent to…
Microwave Ablation of Renal Angiomyolipoma
Fig. 18.1 Ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) in a 55-year-old female patient with angiomyolipoma in the upper pole of the right kidney. (a ) The lesion is hyperechoic and with…
Microwave Ablation Combined with Cellular Immunotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Fig. 14.1 The H&E staining slide of mice hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in situ after microwave ablation (MWA) (40×) In situ tumor ablation (destruction) can involve tumor antigen release. Our in…
Microwave Ablation Therapy of Malignant Liver Tumors Adjacent to the Gallbladder
Fig. 8.1 Microwave ablation (MWA) in a 64-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) adjacent to the gallbladder. The tumor size is 2.4 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm. The distance between the gallbladder and tumor…
Complications of Microwave Ablation for Liver Tumors
Author No. of patients Approach No. of tumors Tumor size (cm) Mortality (%) Major complications (%) (per patient/per session) PHC Mets Liang et al. [2] 1,136 PC 1,412 516 3.4…
Percutaneous Microwave Ablation for Benign Focal Liver Lesions
Characteristics Number of patients Male 26 (37.8 %) Female 34 (62.2 %) With 1 mass ablated 53 (88.3 %) With 2 masses ablated 6 (10.0 %) With 3 masses ablated…
Percutaneous Microwave Ablation for Liver Tumors Adjacent to Large Vessels
Author No. of patients/nodules Tumor size (cm) Treatment Median operating times (mins) Technical effectiveness (%) Total/local recurrence (%) Median survival time (mons) Survival rate (%) Complications (%) Follow-up (months) 1-…
Microwave Ablation: Principles and Techniques
Fig. 1.1 Photographs of microwave equipment. (a) Intelligent microwave generator. (b) Prototype internally cooled microwave antenna with different shaft length (10–18 cm) and active tip (3–22 mm). The diameters of…
