Intraperitoneal Saline Infusion during Radiofrequency Ablation of Subcapsular Hepatic Tumor

Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation with Artificial Ascites for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Hepatic Dome: Initial Experience

“…In spite of many previous investigations regarding percutaneous thermal ablation for tumors in the hepatic dome [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][28][29][30][31], clinical studies using artificial ascites have been relatively limited, with only small (< 10 patients) series [17-19, 21, 31]. Our study showed that percutaneous induction of artificial ascites is technically feasible and effective in improving both tumor visibility and the radiofrequency electrode path in radiofrequency ablation for HCC at the hepatic dome.…”

“…They include different approaches (e.g., percutaneous transthoracic, laparoscopic, or open laparotomy) [14], different guiding techniques [15,16], or artificial fluid into the pleural or peritoneal space [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. However, to our best knowledge, there have been no large-series studies investigating the usefulness of artificial ascites in treating HCCs of the hepatic dome.…”