title: [Percutaneous treatment of liver metastases].
abstract: Thermal coagulation therapy is a rapidly evolving technique for the treatment of primary and secondary hepatic tumors. Radiofrequency is gaining most of the attention of these techniques due to its superior effectiveness. This article outlines technical considerations, indications and clinical results with RF ablation in the liver.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Klinik, Abteilung für Radiologische Diagnostik, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen. jochen.truebenbach@med.uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trübenbach
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms; D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography