Assessing the value of volume navigation during ultrasound-guided radiofrequency- and microwave-ablations of liver lesions.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The goal of our study was to determine the influence of ultrasound (US)-coupled volume navigation on the use of computed tomography (CT) during minimally-invasive radiofrequency and microwave ablation procedures of liver lesions.

Method

Twenty-five patients with 40 liver lesions of different histological origin were retrospectively analysed. Lesions were ablated following standard protocol, using 1) conventional US-guidance, 2) manual registered volume navigation (mVNav), 3) automatic registered (aVNav) or 4) CT-guidance. In case of ultrasonographically inconspicuous lesions, conventional US-guidance was abandoned and mVNav was used. If mVNav was also unsuccessful, the procedure was either continued with aVNav or CT-guidance. The nu

SUBMITTER: Meershoek P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8273361 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature