Comparative study of microwave ablation and radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases

R. Hompes (1) , S. Fieuws (1) , R. Aerts (1) , M. Thijs (2) , F. Penninckx (1) , B. Topal (1)

1 Department of I-Biostat
2 Abdominal Surgery and Radiology University Hospital Leuven

Microwave ablation (MWA) is the most recent development in the field of local ablative therapies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the variability and reproducibility of single-probe MWA vs. radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of liver metastases smaller than 3 cm in patients without underlying liver disease.

Mots clés: malignancy; liver; microwave; surgery

R. Hompes, S. Fieuws, R. Aerts, M. Thijs, F. Penninckx, et al.. Comparative study of microwave ablation and radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2010, 36 (8), pp.725. ⟨10.1016/j.ejso.2010.05.013⟩. ⟨hal-00608921⟩