10 Evidence-Based Practice
10.1055/b-0034-81509 10 Evidence-Based PracticeGeorgiades Christos S., Hong Kelvin Even though tumor ablation, in one form or another, has been in clinical practice for more than 20 years, the lack of…
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11 Building a Successful Tumor Ablation Practice
10.1055/b-0034-81510 11 Building a Successful Tumor Ablation PracticeHong Kelvin, Cizman Ziga A successful tumor ablation practice is a crucial and rewarding addition to the modern interventional practice. Whether tumor ablation…
6. Lung Ablation (Part II)
10.1055/b-0034-81505 6. Lung Ablation (Part II) Advances in Thermal Techniques: Microwave Ablation Since the first published report by Dupuy et al55 in 2000 on RFA of lung malignancies, new thermal…
1 Radiofrequency Ablation: Mechanism of Action and Devices
10.1055/b-0034-81499 1 Radiofrequency Ablation: Mechanism of Action and DevicesHong Kelvin, Georgiades Christos S. The application of radiofrequency (RF) energy and its thermal effects on tissue were described as early as…
2 Cryoablation: Mechanism of Action and Devices
10.1055/b-0034-81500 2 Cryoablation: Mechanism of Action and DevicesGeorgiades Christos S., Marx Jonathan K. Though initially introduced in the 19th century, cryoablation entered mainstream clinical medicine in the mid-1960s.1 Because of…
5 Liver Ablation
10.1055/b-0034-81503 5 Liver AblationAhmed Muneeb, Goldberg S. Nahum Minimally invasive image-guided tumor ablation therapies, using both thermal and chemical technologies, have been applied most extensively in the treatment of primary…
3 Microwave Ablation: Mechanism of Action and Devices
10.1055/b-0034-81501 3 Microwave Ablation: Mechanism of Action and DevicesWolf Farrah, Dupuy Damian E. Microwave ablation (MWA) is a new treatment modality within the field of thermal ablation. Similar to radiofrequency…
8 Musculoskeletal Ablation
10.1055/b-0034-81507 8 Musculoskeletal AblationBrown Daniel B. Pain from skeletal metastases is the most common source of intractable pain in cancer patients. It is the presenting system in nearly 80% of…
4 Irreversible Electroporation Ablation: Mechanism of Action and Devices
10.1055/b-0034-81502 4 Irreversible Electroporation Ablation: Mechanism of Action and DevicesLee Edward W., Totonchy Mariam, Kee Stephen T. The process of electroporation dates as far back as the mid-1700s.1 Only recently,…
Part 8 Bone
10.1055/b-0039-167572 Part 8 Bone Case 77Kamal D. Singh Fig. 77.1 Lower body bone scan with technetium-99m (Tc-99m) methylene diphosphonate (MDP) demonstrates linear cortical uptake within the bilateral posteromedial mid tibial…
