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Percutaneous cryoablation of small hepatocellular carcinomas using a 17-gauge ultrathin probe

Authors
 S.M. Lee  ;  J.Y. Won  ;  D.Y. Lee  ;  K.-H. Lee  ;  K.S. Lee  ;  Y.H. Paik  ;  J.K. Kim 
Citation
 CLINICAL RADIOLOGY, Vol.66(8) : 752-759, 2011 
Journal Title
CLINICAL RADIOLOGY
ISSN
 0009-9260 
Issue Date
2011
MeSH
Adult ; Aged ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/diagnostic imaging ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/mortality ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/surgery* ; Cryosurgery/instrumentation* ; Cryosurgery/methods ; Disease Progression ; Feasibility Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging ; Liver Neoplasms/mortality ; Liver Neoplasms/pathology ; Liver Neoplasms/surgery* ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Monitoring, Intraoperative ; Prospective Studies ; Surgical Equipment ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Treatment Outcome
Abstract
AIM: To evaluate the feasibility and safety of percutaneous cryoablation (PCA) of small hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) using a 17 G ultrathin cryoprobe.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty patients (male:female ratio14:6) with 20 HCCs, who were not surgical candidates, underwent ultrasound (US)-guided PCA for treatment of HCCs. Single HCCs less than 3cm in diameter were included in this study. Ablation was performed using a 17 G cryoprobe. The effectiveness was determined by the changes in alpha-foetoprotein level and degree of tumour necrosis on follow-up computed tomography (CT); complete response (100% necrosis), partial response (100%>necrosis≥30%), stable disease (any cases not qualifying for either partial response or progressive disease) and progressive disease (increase of at least 20% in diameter of viable tumour). Haemoglobin, white blood cell count (WBC), serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT), and total bilirubin were compared before and after the procedure, and the technical feasibility, complications, clinical outcomes and survival of each patient were also evaluated.

RESULTS: All procedures were technically successful. Each patient complained of negligible pain and there was no other procedure-related complication or mortality. The mean level of alpha-foetoprotein declined significantly from 53.2 to 20.4ng/ml 1 month after the procedure (p<0.05). At 1-month follow-up CT, there were 13 complete responses, four partial responses, three patients with stable disease, and no patients had progressive disease. Six of seven lesions that did not present with a complete response underwent further treatment. On long-term follow up (6-30 months; mean 20.7), a local recurrence was seen in one of 13 lesions (8%) with complete response revealed. Laboratory findings showed no significant changes except for the transient increase of SGOT and SGPT.

CONCLUSION: US-guided PCA using a 17 G cryoprobe was feasible and safe for the treatment of HCC smaller than 3cm.
Full Text
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009926011001267
DOI
10.1016/j.crad.2011.02.015
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Radiology (영상의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Ja Kyung(김자경) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5025-6846
Paik, Yong Han(백용한)
Won, Jong Yun(원종윤) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8237-5628
Lee, Kwan Sik(이관식) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3672-1198
Lee, Kwang Hun(이광훈)
Lee, Do Yun(이도연)
Lee, Sang Min(이상민)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/93432
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