title: [Effect of hepatic artery embolization on the microwave coagulated area].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of hepatic artery embolization on the microwave coagulated area, an in vivo animal experiment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four suitable hepatic lobes of ten dogs were divided into two groups: microwave coagulation alone 12 lobes (control group) and hepatic artery occlusion with iodized oil and gelatin sponge particles followed by microwave coagulation 12 (experiment group). Microwave coagulation was delivered with an output of 50 W for 300 or 400 seconds with thermal needles introduced parallel to and 5 approximately 20 mm from the puncture needle. After sacrifice of the dogs, their hepatic lobes were sectioned along the puncture line. Then, the appearance and size of the coagulated area were recorded. The tissue specimens were fixed in formalin for light microscopic evaluation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A decline in temperature gradient was detected from the center to the periphery of the affected tissue after the application of microwave coagulation, which was sharper in the control group than in the experimental group. Single polar microwave coagulation at 50 W for 300 seconds produced a necrotic volume of 25 approximately 33 mm in longitudinal diameter and 13 approximately 22 mm in transverse diameter in control group, 33 approximately 44 mm and 24 approximately 32 mm in the experimental group. The coagulation area was slightly bigger when the duration of coagulation was 400 seconds than 300 seconds, without significant difference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hepatic artery occlusion, inhibiting the heat loss caused by hepatic arterial blood flow, is able to significantly enlarge the necrotic volume of microwave coagulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Third Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang 150040, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bao-zhong
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Ren-fei
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Bao-wei
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008872:Microwaves / Q000627:therapeutic use*