title: Local ablative procedures of the liver.
abstract: Local ablative therapies have become an important part in the portfolio of treatment for patients with malignant tumors especially in the liver. Although percutaneous ethanol injection still plays a role, current guidelines favor radiofrequency ablation with a higher efficacy for complete tumor destruction. Nevertheless transplantation and surgical resection remain the gold standard due to their superiority in local control and improved survival. In this manuscript we discuss the technique in detail.
authors.affiliation: Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, The first Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Dietrich
authors.affiliation: Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, The first Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China.
authors.forename: X W
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, The first Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chiorean
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Appelbaum
authors.affiliation: Imaging Department, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leen
authors.affiliation: II. Medizinische Klinik, Caritas Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ignee
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D000431:Ethanol