Thermal ablation
As thermoablation referred to medical treatment methods in which tissue is destroyed by heat. They are used against various benign and malignant tumors, e.g. B. against liver metastases or against benign thyroid nodules . They are an alternative to surgery .
Thermoablative procedure
The heat can be applied using different methods. What they have in common is the local heating of the target tissue to over 60 ° Celsius. It must be ensured that the heat is transported away through the bloodstream and local diffusion and can possibly also reach neighboring structures. With the exception of ultrasound treatment (HIFU), all procedures require a probe in the target tissue.
- Microwave ablation (MWA)
- Radio frequency ablation (RFA)
- High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
- Laser ablation (LITT)
See also
Sources and individual references
- Eric van Sonnenberg, William McMullen, Luigi Solbiati (Eds.): Tumor Ablation: Principles and Practice. Springer 2008. ISBN 9780387286747
- ↑ C. Brace: Thermal tumor ablation in clinical use. In: IEEE pulse. Volume 2, number 5, 2011 Sep-Oct, pp. 28-38, doi : 10.1109 / MPUL.2011.942603 , PMID 25372967 , PMC 4226271 (free full text) (review).