Open AccessComparison between combination therapy of percutaneous ethanol injection and radiofrequency ablation and radiofrequency ablation alone for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Kazutaka Kurokohchi,
Seishiro Watanabe,
Tsutomu Masaki,
Naoki Hosomi,
Y. Miyauchi,
Takashi Himoto,
Yukio Kimura,
S. Nakai,
Akihiro Deguchi,
Hirohito Yoneyama,
Shuhei Yoshida,
Shigeki Kuriyama
Publication year - 2005
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.v11.i10.1426
Subject(s) - radiofrequency ablation , coagulative necrosis , percutaneous ethanol injection , necrosis , hepatocellular carcinoma , medicine , percutaneous , ablation , nuclear medicine , surgery
In the present study, the characteristics of PEI-RFA treatment were further elucidated by analyzing the relationship between the volume of coagulated necrosis and the energy requirement for ablation or the amount of ethanol injected into HCC.