Abstract | BACKGROUND/AIMS: METHODOLOGY: Eleven patients (10 men, 1 women; age range, 34-84 years) with 12 tumors in the hepatic dome were enrolled in the study after institutional review board approval and informed consent had been obtained. A 35F or 37F left-sided double-lumen endotracheal tube was intubated after general anesthesia was induced. The right lung is permitted to collapse, with selective left lungs ventilation. With CT monitoring, the RF electrode was inserted through the empty pleural space to the targeted tumor and radiofrequency ablation procedures were performed. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Zhen-Yuan Wang, Wen-Bing Sun, Ming-Ying Li, Xiao-Xia Zhang, Xue-Mei Ding |
Journal | Hepato-gastroenterology
(Hepatogastroenterology)
2008 Jul-Aug
Vol. 55
Issue 85
Pg. 1164-6
ISSN: 0172-6390 [Print] Greece |
PMID | 18795650
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
(diagnostic imaging, pathology, surgery)
- Catheter Ablation
(methods)
- Feasibility Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Liver Neoplasms
(diagnostic imaging, pathology, surgery)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Respiration, Artificial
(methods)
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Treatment Outcome
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