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ArticleOncology letters2018

Perfused hypertonic-saline-augmented needle enlarges ablation zones in

Caoye Wang, Qi Wang, Dachuan Zhang, Zhongming He, Wenhua Chen

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Article in Oncology letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Caoye WangDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Changzhou First People's Hospital, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China.
Qi WangDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Changzhou First People's Hospital, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China.
Dachuan ZhangDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Changzhou First People's Hospital, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China.
Zhongming HeDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Changzhou First People's Hospital, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China.
Wenhua ChenDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Changzhou First People's Hospital, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China.
The First People's Hospital of Changzhou · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a great clinical requirement to improve radiofrequency ablation (RFA) efficacy and create larger coagulation necrotic areas. The aim of the present study was to assess the ability of a hypertonic-saline (HS)-enhanced multipolar RFA technique using a perfused electrode to increase RF-created coagulation necrosis, and to compare that technique with natural saline-augmented needle and conventional multipolar RFA. A total of 18 ablations were performed in explanted porcine livers. A total of 6 thermal ablation zones were created in each of 3 groups treated with the conventional multipolar mode, the multipolar mode with 0.9% NaCl and the multipolar mode with 6% NaCl, respectively. During RFA, the dimensions and volumes of the ablation zones were compared, and gross and microscopic pathological evaluations were performed. Multipolar RFA with 6% NaCl created the largest short-axis diameters and volumes of coagulation necrosis (3.89±0.09 mm and 40.01±2.86 mm

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hypertonic-saline-enhanced electrodesliver radiofrequency ablationporcine liversodium chloride

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PMID29391896
PMCPMC5769401
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