Open AccessEarly and Late Complications After Radiofrequency Ablation of Malignant Liver Tumors in 608 Patients
Author(s) -
Steven A. Curley,
Paolo Marra,
Karen A. Beaty,
Lee M. Ellis,
Jean Nicolas Vauthey,
Eddie K. Abdalla,
Courtney L. Scaife,
Chan Raut,
Robert Wolff,
Haesun Choi,
Evelyne M. Loyer,
Paolo Vallone,
Francesco Fiore,
Fabrizio Scordino,
Vincenzo De Rosa,
Raffaele Orlando,
Sandro Pignata,
Bruno Daniele,
Francesco Izzo
Publication year - 2004
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 - 10.1097/01.sla.0000118373.31781.f2
Subject(s) - medicine , radiofrequency ablation , percutaneous , complication , surgery , prospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , cirrhosis , ablation , radiology , gastroenterology , physics , optics
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has become a common treatment of patients with unresectable primary and secondary hepatic malignancies. We performed this prospective analysis to determine early (within 30 days) and late (more than 30 days after) complication rates associated with hepatic tumor RFA.