Current status of liver tumor ablation devices

Ann P. O'Rourke; Dieter Haemmerich; Punit Prakash; Mark C. Converse; David M. Mahvi; John G. Webster

doi:10.1586/17434440.4.4.523

Current status of liver tumor ablation devices

Ann P. O'Rourke, Dieter Haemmerich, Punit Prakash, Mark C. Converse, David M. Mahvi, John G. Webster^*

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Surgery, Surgical Oncology Division

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Abstract

The liver is a common site of disease for both primary and metastatic cancer. Since most patients have a disease that is not amenable to surgical resection, tumor ablation modalities are increasingly being used for treatment of liver cancer. This review describes the current status of ablative technologies used as alternatives for resection, clinical experience with these technologies, currently available devices and design rules for the development of new devices and the improvement of existing ones. It focuses on probe design for radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation and cryoablation, and compares the advantages and disadvantages of each ablation modality.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	523-537
Number of pages	15
Journal	Expert Review of Medical Devices
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1586/17434440.4.4.523
State	Published - Jul 2007

Keywords

Ablation
Cancer
Cryoablation
Electrodes
Metastases
Microwave ablation
Probe design
Radiofrequency ablation

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Surgery
Biomedical Engineering

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Current status of liver tumor ablation devices

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