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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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. 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…