Trial reportEuropean radiology2015
Image-guided microwave thermoablation of hepatic tumours using novel robotic guidance: an early experience.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Democratization in abdominal ablation therapies: The impact of percutaneous robotic assistance on accuracy-A systematic review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Ablative and non-surgical therapies for early and very early hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2023Pooled it
- Stereotactic and Robotic Minimally Invasive Thermal Ablation of Malignant Liver Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Pooled it
- A novel robot for CT-guided bone needle insertion with a rotational drilling and force-feedback speed control mechanism: preliminary evaluation in swine.Japanese journal of radiology · 2026Article
- Robotic navigation-assisted percutaneous liver puncture: a pilot study.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Stereotactic Percutaneous Electrochemotherapy as a New Minimal Invasive Treatment Modality for Primary and Secondary Liver Malignancies.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Robot-Assisted 2D Fluoroscopic Needle Placement-A Phantom Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Robotic-assisted CT-guided percutaneous pulmonary nodules localization by hook-wire needles: a retrospective observational study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
- Puncture Accuracy of Robot-Assisted CT-Based Punctures in Interventional Radiology: An Ex Vivo Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Robotic Assistance in Percutaneous Liver Ablation Therapies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2024Article
- Robotic systems in interventional oncology: a narrative review of the current status.International journal of clinical oncology · 2024Review
- Navigation and Robotics in Interventional Oncology: Current Status and Future Roadmap.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Stereotactic Microwave Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Impact of Tumor Size and Minimal Ablative Margin on Therapeutic Success.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2022Article
- Evaluation of a New CT-Guided Robotic System for Percutaneous Needle Insertion for Thermal Ablation of Liver Tumors: A Prospective Pilot Study.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2022Article
- Starting CT-guided robotic interventional oncology at a UK centre.The British journal of radiology · 2022Article
- Stereotactic Percutaneous Electrochemotherapy as Primary Approach for Unresectable Large HCC at the Hepatic Hilum.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2021Article
- Accuracy of Electrode Placement in IRE Treatment with Navigated Guidance.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2021Article
- Advanced Techniques in the Percutaneous Ablation of Liver Tumours.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Improvement of the primary efficacy of microwave ablation of malignant liver tumors by using a robotic navigation system.Radiology and oncology · 2020Observational
- A closer look to the new frontier of artificial intelligence in the percutaneous treatment of primary lesions of the liver.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate and compare novel robotic guidance and manual approaches based on procedural accuracy, procedural time, procedural performance, image quality as well as patient dose during image-guided microwave thermoablation.
methodThe study was prospectively performed between June 2013 and December 2013 using 70 patients. Forty randomly selected patients (group 1) were treated with manual guidance and 30 patients (group 2) were treated using a novel robotic guidance. Parameters evaluated were procedural accuracy, total procedural time, procedural performance, quantitative/qualitative image quality and patient dose. Two-sided Student's t test and Wilcoxon rank-sum test were used to test the significance of the data and p values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
resultAccuracy parameters were significantly higher in group 2 (all p < 0.05). Total procedural time showed a mean time difference of 3 min (group 2 > group 1; p = 0.0008). Volume CT dose index and dose-length product were significantly lower for group 2 compared to group 1 (all p < 0.05) for CT fluoroscopy imaging. Total procedural performance score was higher for group 2 compared to group 1 (p = 0.0001). Image quality parameters were insignificant between examined groups.
conclusionThe novel robotic guided approach improved the accuracy of targeting the target tumour, reduced patient dose and increased procedural performance (which influences the procedural safety) during ablation. KEY POINTS: • Few reports are available in the literature regarding robotic-assisted liver microwave ablation. • The robotic guided approach improved accuracy of localizing the target tumour. • Radiation dose on patients was reduced with the robotic guidance. • Numbers of insertions and readjustments were reduced, lowering chances of complications.
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