A Role of Laparotomic Microwave Coagulation Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma as a Less Invasive Surgery

• Published in: Nippon Shokaki Geka Gakkai zasshi Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 279 - 288
• Main Authors: Midorikawa, Takemasa, Hatakeyama, Toshiyuki, Kusano, Mitsuo, Ishibashi, Kazuyoshi, Sanada, Yutaka, Kigawa, Gaku, Nemoto, Hiroshi, Maezawa, Koji, Miyakawa, Kiyoshi, Yagi, Hidehumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery 2005
• Subjects: hepatectomy; hepatocellullar carcinoma; less invasive surgery; liver tumor ablation; microwave coagulation therapy

Purpose: The smaller degree of invasiveness and the radicality of laparotomic microwave coagulation ther-apy (LMCT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were statistically evaluated compared with hepatectomy. Methods: Subjects were 72 patients with HCC undergoing LMCT or hepatectomy from 1997 to 1999....