No-Touch Multi-bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Subcapsular Hepatocellular Carcinoma ≤ 5 cm Not Puncturable via the Non-tumorous Liver Parenchyma

• Published in: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 273 - 283
• Main Authors: Petit, Arthur, Hocquelet, Arnaud, N’kontchou, Gisèle, Varin, Eloi, Sellier, Nicolas, Seror, Olivier, Sutter, Olivier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Ablation; Cardiology; Cirrhosis; Clinical Investigation; Complications; Computed tomography; Females; Hemorrhage; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Imaging; Interventional Oncology; Liver; Liver cancer; Liver cirrhosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nuclear Medicine; Parenchyma; Peritoneal seeding; Peritoneum; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency ablation; Radiology; Sepsis; Survival; Touch; Tumors; Ultrasound; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Multi-bipolar radiofrequency ablation; No-touch technique; Neoplasm seeding; Subcapsular tumor

Purpose The percutaneous ablation of subcapsular hepatocellular carcinoma (S-HCC) may involve a risk of complications such as hemorrhage and tumor seeding, mainly linked to the direct tumor puncture often inevitable with mono-applicator ablation devices. The purpose of this study was to assess the e...