A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF EFFECT OF RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN POST HEPATITIC "C" CIRRNOTIC PATIENTS
Mansour Ali Hezam;
Abstract
Post hepatitic cirrhosis due to HCV infection is one of the most important hepatic affection among Egyptian patients. HCC is one of the most serious complications of post hepatitic C cirrhosis.
HCC has grave course and substantially fatal outcome. Nowadays it became frequently diagnosed to some extent at earlier, treatable stages owing to increased awareness about HCC, its strong relation to HCV and cirrhosis and the application of screening program for HCC in high risk individuals.
Although surgery remams as gold standard line for management of HCC, many cases are not candidate for surgery due to underlying chronic liver disease and limited functional reserve even with recent advances in the field of surgery. At the same time several local ablative techniques have emerged and proved to be minimally invasive and effective measures for insitu control of HCC, one of these techniques ts radiofrequency thermal ablation.
In the present study, 15 patients with radiologically and/or histopathologically proved HCC on top of cirrhosis due to HCV infection, were subjected to RFA as a therapeutic modality for their HCC. Full history, thorough clinical examination, laboratory investigations including; liver function tests, CBC, ESR, viral markers and AFP, upper GI endoscopy,
HCC has grave course and substantially fatal outcome. Nowadays it became frequently diagnosed to some extent at earlier, treatable stages owing to increased awareness about HCC, its strong relation to HCV and cirrhosis and the application of screening program for HCC in high risk individuals.
Although surgery remams as gold standard line for management of HCC, many cases are not candidate for surgery due to underlying chronic liver disease and limited functional reserve even with recent advances in the field of surgery. At the same time several local ablative techniques have emerged and proved to be minimally invasive and effective measures for insitu control of HCC, one of these techniques ts radiofrequency thermal ablation.
In the present study, 15 patients with radiologically and/or histopathologically proved HCC on top of cirrhosis due to HCV infection, were subjected to RFA as a therapeutic modality for their HCC. Full history, thorough clinical examination, laboratory investigations including; liver function tests, CBC, ESR, viral markers and AFP, upper GI endoscopy,
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| Title | A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF EFFECT OF RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN POST HEPATITIC "C" CIRRNOTIC PATIENTS | Other Titles | دراسة مبدئية عن تأثير التردد الحرارى فى علاج السرطان الكبدى المصاحب لحالات التليف فى مرضى الفيروس الكبدى " سى " | Authors | Mansour Ali Hezam | Issue Date | 2002 |
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