Microwave Ablation for Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids
Type 0 Pedunculated intracavitary Type 1 <50 % intramural Type 2 ≥50 % intramural Type 3 Contacts endometrium, 100 % intramural Type 4 Intramural Type 5 Subserosal ≥50 % intramural…
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Clinical Application of Three-Dimensional Visualization Techniques in Microwave Ablation for Liver Cancer
Fig. 27.1 Physical setup and components of three-dimensional (3D) visualization preoperative treatment planning system. Legend: ① a control unit of the electromagnetic tracking system ② two sensor interface devices of…
Microwave Ablation in Other Tumors (Lung, Breast, and Bone)
Authors No. of patients Tumor size (cm) Image guidance Microwave frequency (MHz) Output power (W) Follow-up period (month) Complete ablation (%) Local treatment response (%) Survival rate 1 2 3…
Comparison of Microwave Ablation with Resection and with Radiofrequency Ablation Treatment in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Author Design Patients (HR vs ablation) Tumor size (cm) Recurrence Survival Complication Xu et al. [16] Meta-analysis 1233 vs 1302 ≤5 Lower for HR Higher for HR Higher for HR…
Microwave Ablation of Adrenal Tumors
Fig. 20.1 Procedures of microwave ablation (MWA) in a 50-year-old woman with recrudescent pheochromocytoma, who had undergone surgical resection for right pheochromocytoma (size, 10 × 8 × 6 cm). (a) Six months after the…
Application of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Clinical Effect of Microwave Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparison with Other Imaging Modalities
, Xiao-ling Yu1 , Ping Liang1, Zhigang Cheng1, Zhiyu Han1, Fangyi Liu1 and Jie Yu1 (1) Department of Intentional Ultrasound, Chinese Liberation Army General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China Xiao-ling Yu Email: Dyuxl301@aliyun.cn …
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….
