Radiofrequency Ablation for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chen, Minshan (Editor), Zhang, Yaojun (Editor), Lau, W.Y (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Interventional radiology.; Hepatology.; Oncology.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Interventional Radiology.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma (sHCC) using a minimally invasive technique: radiofrequency ablation (RFA). RFA has emerged as a new treatment modality and become the main modality of locoregional therapy. Extensive clinical research indica...

Table of Contents:

• Diagnosis of small Hepatocellular carcinoma
• Pathobiologic characteristics of small hepatocellular carcinoma
• Radiofrequency ablation systems and operating mechanisms
• Initial Clinical Assessment and Patient Selection
• Percutaneous Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation
• Laparoscopic and Open RFA
• Peri-RFA care and management of complications
• Combined therapies of RFA
• Radiological assessment and follow-up after radiofrequency
• Adjuvant therapy after Radiofrequency Ablation
• Surgery vs Radiofrequecy Ablation for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma.