The Influence of Irreversible Electroporation Parameters on the Size of the Ablation Zone and Thermal Effects: a Systematic Review

Abstract

Review question / Objective: The aim of this study was to review the effect of irreversible electroporation (IRE) parameter settings on the size of the ablation zone and occurrence of thermal effects. Information sources: A search was performed in PubMed (also including MEDLINE), Web of Science, Embase, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Xplore Digital Library and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection. Of all conference abstracts of which no full text article was present in the title and abstract search, a web-based search (Google Scholar, ResearchGate, author and co-author name(s) in Embase) was done to investigate whether a full text article was available. A manual search of the reference lists of relevant (included) articles was performed to find articles which were not found by the initial search. The corresponding author was approached by e-mail (in case the contact details were available) when the full text of a relevant abstract (e.g. conference abstract) could not be found to verify whether the results were published as full text. The study was excluded when the full text could not be found or provided.