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…
Author No of pts Power (W) Ablation time (mins) Spleen ablation ratio (%) WBC level PLT level Fever (%) Pain (%) Hydrothorax (%) Transient hemoglobinuria (%) Delayed hemorrhage (%) Ecchymosis…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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-…
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…