Open AccessHepatic Cryoablation, But Not Radiofrequency Ablation, Results in Lung Inflammation
Author(s) -
William C. Chapman,
Jacob P. Debelak,
C. Wright Pinson,
M. Kay Washington,
James B. Atkinson,
Annapurna Venkatakrishnan,
Timothy S. Blackwell,
John W. Christman
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200005000-00016
Subject(s) - cryoablation , medicine , pathology , coagulative necrosis , radiofrequency ablation , inflammation , lung , hepatocyte , parenchyma , extravasation , tumor necrosis factor alpha , ablation , biology , in vitro , biochemistry
To compare the effects of 35% hepatic cryoablation with a similar degree of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) on lung inflammation, nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation, and production of NF-kappaB dependent cytokines.