Radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma and liver metastases: experience in Hospital La Paz.

Introduction: Radiofrequency ablation for patients presenting with non-resectable primary or metastatic liver tumours seems to be a valid therapeutic alternative. In the present study, we show a descriptive list of indications, results and complications of Radiofrequency Ablation Technique for treating non-resectable solid hepatic tumours.

Materials And Methods: Twenty two patients were included in this study; eleven of them (50%) sustained liver metastases from colorectal adenocarcinoma, ten patients (45.

[Secondary prophylaxis with elastic band ligation in esophageal-gastric varices].

The aim of the present study was to determine the usefulness of elastic band ligation in the prevention of hemorrhage recurrence due to esophageal-gastric varices. Sixty-five patients who survived an episode of variceal hemorrhage were included in the study. Twenty-nine patients (45%) were Child-Pugh class A, 25 (38%) were class B, and 11 (17%) were class C.