Open AccessAdjuvant percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of feeding artery of hepatocellular carcinoma before treatment
Author(s) -
Yi-Bin Hou,
Minhua Chen,
Kun Yan,
Jiang Wu,
Wei Yang
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.2638
Subject(s) - medicine , radiofrequency ablation , hepatocellular carcinoma , percutaneous , ablation , artery , radiology , blood flow
To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of the feeding artery of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in reducing the blood-flow-induced heat-sink effect of RFA.