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…
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…
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…
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…
