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Enlargement of thermal ablation zone by the combination of ethanol injection and radiofrequency ablation in excised bovine liver.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  14719103     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The efficacy of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and RFA with concurrent ethanol injection (EI-RFA) was compared. RFA (3-cm-electrode) was applied to bovine liver using three types of RFA equipment; Radionics, RITA and Radio Therapeutics Corporation (RTC). For EI-RFA, 5 ml of 99.5% ethanol was injected around the electrode. A total number of 40 RFA and EI-RFA treatments were performed. We compared RFA with EI-RFA by examining the size, shape of ablation zone, treatment time, power, and needle tip temperature. Liver specimens were examined for pathological changes. EI-RFA produced a larger zone of ablation than RFA alone using Radionics and RITA (Radionics, 35.3+/-7.4 cm(3) vs 23.2+/-7.7 cm(3), p<0.05; RITA, 30.7+/-10.3 cm(3) vs 19.7+/-4.7 cm(3), p<0.05), corresponding to shortest diameters of coagulation zone (Radionics, 3.7+/-0.4 cm vs 3.0+/-0.4 cm, p<0.05; RITA, 3.8+/-0.4 cm vs 3.1+/-0.3 cm, p<0.01). However, a larger ablation zone was not seen with the RTC device. The ablated volume per energy and the ablated volume per current density administered were greater with EI-RFA than with RFA using Radionics (p<0.05). The shape of the ablated zone changed from ellipsoid to spherical with EI-RFA using Radionics. No pathological differences between RFA and EI-RFA samples were detected. For a given amount of energy and current administered, ethanol injection caused a better ablation effect, in terms of the size and shape of the ablated zone, than RFA with Radionics and RITA equipment.
Authors:
Seishiro Watanabe; Kazutaka Kurokohchi; Tsutomu Masaki; Yoshiaki Miyauchi; Toshiharu Funaki; Hideyuki Inoue; Takashi Himoto; Yuko Kita; Naohito Uchida; Tetsuo Touge; Toshiaki Tatsukawa; Shigeki Kuriyama
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of oncology     Volume:  24     ISSN:  1019-6439     ISO Abbreviation:  Int. J. Oncol.     Publication Date:  2004 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-01-13     Completed Date:  2004-08-24     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9306042     Medline TA:  Int J Oncol     Country:  Greece    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  279-84     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa University School of Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Anti-Infective Agents, Local / pharmacology
Catheter Ablation / methods*
Cattle
Electrodes
Ethanol / pharmacology*
Hot Temperature
Liver / drug effects*,  metabolism,  pathology*,  radiation effects*
Temperature
Time Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anti-Infective Agents, Local; 64-17-5/Ethanol

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