Percutaneous microwave coagulation therapy for patients with primary and metastatic hepatic tumors during interruption of hepatic blood flow

Although percutaneous microwave coagulation is relatively noninvasive therapy for patients with hepatic tumors, coagulation of tumors is sometimes incomplete and local recurrence occurs. The authors hypothesized that the cause of incomplete coagulation was a cooling effect in surrounding hepatic blood flow. To prove this hypothesis and to improve the efficacy of this therapy, they interrupted hepatic blood flow during the treatment and measured the amount of tumor tissue coagulated by microwave.

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