Open AccessElectrochemical treatment: An investigation of dose-response relationships using an isolated liver perfusion model
Author(s) -
Ralf Czymek,
Dorothea Dinter,
Stephan Löffler,
Maximilian Gebhard,
Tilman Laubert,
Andreas Lubienski,
Hans–Peter Bruch,
Andreas B. Schmidt
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.84491
Subject(s) - medicine , perfusion , electrode , necrosis , anode , biomedical engineering , liver perfusion , ischemia , nuclear medicine , chemistry
Ablative techniques such as radiofrequency ablation or non-thermal electrochemical treatment (ECT) are used to manage unresectable liver metastases. Although ECT is not affected by the cooling effect from adjacent vessels, there is a paucity of data available on ECT.