ArticleRadiology2016
Effects of Microwave Ablation on Arterial and Venous Vasculature after Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
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- Histotripsy: the first noninvasive, non-ionizing, non-thermal ablation technique based on ultrasound.International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group · 2021Pooled it
- Therapeutics in hepatobronchial fistula caused by microwave ablation for the treatment of recurrent hepatic carcinoma: A case report.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Article
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- Quantitative Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DCE-MRI) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Review of Emerging Applications for Locoregional Therapy.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Simulation of Image-Guided Microwave Ablation Therapy Using a Digital Twin Computational Model.IEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology · 2024Article
- First validation of a model-based hepatic percutaneous microwave ablation planning on a clinical dataset.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Predicting Outcome after Percutaneous Ablation for Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Various Imaging Modalities.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Model-based hepatic percutaneous microwaveablation planning. First validation on a clinical dataset.Research square · 2023Article
- Morphometric characterization and temporal temperature measurements during hepatic microwave ablation in swine.PloS one · 2023Article
- Current perspectives on microwave ablation of liver lesions in difficult locations.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2022Review
- Microwave thermosphere versus radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Are we approaching the time to end the debate?Clinical and molecular hepatology · 2021Article
- Irreversible Electroporation Enhanced by Radiofrequency Ablation: An In Vitro and Computational Study in a 3D Liver Tumor Model.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2021Article
- Image-Guided Ablation for Colorectal Liver Metastasis: Principles, Current Evidence, and the Path Forward.Cancers · 2021Review
- Image-guided locoregional non-intravascular interventional treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma: Current status.Journal of interventional medicine · 2021Review
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- Pre-radiofrequency ablation MRI imaging features predict the local tumor progression in hepatocellular carcinoma.Medicine · 2020Article
- 4D Flow MR Imaging to Improve Microwave Ablation Prediction Models: A Feasibility Study in an In Vivo Porcine Liver.Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR · 2020Article
- Exploiting Tissue Dielectric Properties to Shape Microwave Thermal Ablation Zones.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- A review of conventional and newer generation microwave ablation systems for hepatocellular carcinoma.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2020Review
- Radiofrequency and microwave ablation in a porcine liver model: non-contrast CT and ultrasound radiologic-pathologic correlation.International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group · 2020Article
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Abstract
Purpose To characterize vessel occlusion rates and their role in local tumor progression in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who underwent microwave tumor ablation. Materials and Methods This institutional review board approved, HIPAA-compliant retrospective review included 95 patients (75 men and 20 women) with 124 primary HCCs who were treated at a single center between January 2011 and March 2014. Complete occlusion of the portal veins, hepatic veins, and hepatic arteries within and directly abutting the ablation zone was identified with postprocedure contrast material-enhanced computed tomography. For each vessel identified in the ablation zone, its size and antenna spacing were recorded and correlated with vascular occlusion with logistic regression analysis. Local tumor progression rates were then compared between patent and occluded vessels for each vessel type with Fisher exact test. Results Occlusion was identified in 39.7% of portal veins (29 of 73), 15.0% of hepatic veins (six of 40), and 14.2% of hepatic arteries (10 of 70) encompassed within the ablation zone. Hepatic vein occlusion was significantly correlated with a smaller vessel size (P = .036) and vessel-antenna spacing (P = .006). Portal vein occlusion was only significantly correlated with a smaller vessel size (P = .001), particularly in vessels that were less than 3 mm in diameter. Local tumor progression rates were significantly correlated with patent hepatic arteries within the ablation zone (P = .02) but not with patent hepatic (P = .57) or portal (P = .14) veins. Conclusion During microwave ablation of HCC, hepatic veins and arteries were resistant to vessel occlusion compared with portal veins, and only arterial patency within an ablation zone was related to local tumor progression.
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