Open AccessMicrowave ablation: How we do it?
Author(s) -
Kunal Gala,
Nitin Shetty,
Paresh G Patel,
Suyash Kulkarni
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of radiology and imaging - new series/indian journal of radiology and imaging/indian journal of radiology and imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0971-3026
pISSN - 0970-2016
DOI - 10.4103/ijri.ijri_240_19
Subject(s) - medicine , microwave ablation , thermal ablation , ablation , radiology , ablative case , modality (human–computer interaction) , radiofrequency ablation , medical physics , surgery , radiation therapy , human–computer interaction , computer science
Minimally invasive techniques such as Image guided thermal ablation are now widely used in the treatment of tumors. Microwave ablation (MWA) is one of the newer modality of thermal ablation and has proven its safety and efficacy in the management of the tumors amenable for ablation for primary and metastatic diseases. It is used in the treatment of primary and secondary liver malignancies, primary and secondary lung malignancies, renal and adrenal tumors and bone metastases. We wanted to share our initial experience with this newer modality. In this article we will describe the mechanism and technique of MWA, comparison done with RFA, advantages and disadvantages of MWA along with pre procedure workup, post procedure follow-up and review of literature.