The techinique that was used on our son Joshua's liver tumor in July-
Percutaneous Radio-frequency Ablation of Liver Metastases from Breast Cancer: Initial Experience in 24 Patients
http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/r ... r01jl01145
The CT was used to regulate the heat and to determine the burning of the tumor, that was over 4cm
In addition Josh had saline injected into the body cavity to keep the possibility of burning his skin from the procedure. The tumor was very close to the outside of his liver and consequently to the surface of his abdomen
The radiological article on the followup scan to dx whether successful or not-
Radio-frequency Ablation of Liver Tumors: Assessment of Therapeutic Response and Complications
http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/r ... g01oc08s41
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Debbie
Liver tumors ablations
Re: Liver tumors abaltions
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as:
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2009 May–Jun; 38(3): 135–143.
doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2007.10.001
PMCID: PMC2941203
NIHMSID: NIHMS229279
Radiofrequency and microwave ablation of the liver, lung, kidney and bone: What are the differences
Abstract
Radiofrequency (RF) ablation is becoming an accepted treatment modality for many tumors of the liver and is being explored for tumors in the lung, kidney and bone. While RF energy is the most familiar heat source for tissue ablation, it has certain limitations that may hamper its efficacy in these new organ systems. Microwave energy may be able to overcome the technical limitations of RF energy but has technical hurdles that must be overcome as well. This paper outlines the physics behind RF and microwave heating, discusses relevant properties of the liver, lung, kidney and bone for thermal ablation and examines the roles of RF and microwave ablation in these tissues.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2941203/
Published in final edited form as:
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2009 May–Jun; 38(3): 135–143.
doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2007.10.001
PMCID: PMC2941203
NIHMSID: NIHMS229279
Radiofrequency and microwave ablation of the liver, lung, kidney and bone: What are the differences
Abstract
Radiofrequency (RF) ablation is becoming an accepted treatment modality for many tumors of the liver and is being explored for tumors in the lung, kidney and bone. While RF energy is the most familiar heat source for tissue ablation, it has certain limitations that may hamper its efficacy in these new organ systems. Microwave energy may be able to overcome the technical limitations of RF energy but has technical hurdles that must be overcome as well. This paper outlines the physics behind RF and microwave heating, discusses relevant properties of the liver, lung, kidney and bone for thermal ablation and examines the roles of RF and microwave ablation in these tissues.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2941203/
Debbie
Re: Liver tumors ablations
My mistake
Joshua had a microwave procedure performed
Thanks Bonni for the correction
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19 ... 03/related
Joshua had a microwave procedure performed
Thanks Bonni for the correction
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19 ... 03/related
Debbie