Technical and safety performance of CT-guided percutaneous microwave ablation for lung tumors: an ablate and resect study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Percutaneous image-guided thermal ablation has an increasing role in the treatment of primary and metastatic lung tumors. Achieving acceptable clinical outcomes requires better tools for pre-procedure prediction of ablation zone size and shape.

Methods

This was a prospective, non-randomized, single-arm, multicenter study conducted by Medtronic (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02323854). Subjects scheduled for resection of metastatic or primary lung nodules underwent preoperative percutaneous microwave ablation. Ablation zones as measured via CT imaging following ablation immediately and before resection surgically versus predicted ablation zones as prescribed by the investigational system software were compared. This CT scan occurred after the ablation was finished but

SUBMITTER: Blackmon SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8743408 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature