Ischemic complications after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors: Liver volume loss and recovery.

Taijiro WakeRyosuke TateishiRyo NakagomiNaoto FujiwaraMizuki Nishibatake KinoshitaTakuma NakatsukaMasaya SatoTatsuya MinamiKoji UchinoKenichiro EnookuHayato NakagawaYoshinari AsaokaYasuo TanakaShuichiro ShiinaKazuhiko Koike

Published in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2019)

Ischemic complications after RFA can lead to massive liver parenchymal loss. Although the liver volume recovered to some extent in the majority of our patients, ischemic liver complications after RFA should be avoided to improve the overall survival rate.

Keyphrases

radiofrequency ablation
newly diagnosed
ischemia reperfusion injury
prognostic factors
chronic kidney disease
minimally invasive
patient reported outcomes
ultrasound guided