Hypervascular Nodules and Stiffer Liver are Associated with Recurrence after Microwave Ablation in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Double-Center Analysis.

 The aim of this study was to detect the most important risk factors for recurrence after microwave ablation (MWA) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).  A total of 92 patients with 110 HCC focal lesions (FLs) underwent MWA therapy. All the patients underwent triphasic CT before and after 1 and 3 months of MWA therapy.

Is Doppler/Dopplex ultrasonography reliable in the assessment of percutaneous ablative therapies of hepatocellular carcinoma: a prospective cross-sectional study.

Introduction: After hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) interventional therapies, noninvasive vascular diagnostic imaging [duplex, Color/power Doppler ultrasonography, and triphasic computed tomography (CT)] determines the lesion complete/incomplete ablation. The aim was to analyze the usefulness of duplex, color/power Doppler ultrasonography in HCC ablation after percutaneous ablative therapies (PATs).

Methods: We included 30 patients with 33 HCCs subjected to duplex/Doppler ultrasonography, ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), and triphasic CT, all these before and after PATs.

Hypertonic saline-enhanced radiofrequency versus chemoembolization sequential radiofrequency in the treatment of large hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background And Study Aim: Large hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) appears to be a major obstacle for radiofrequency ablation (RFA); therefore, attempts to increase the volume of coagulation by injecting hypertonic saline before and/or during RFA have been made. Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) combines the effect of targeted chemotherapy with ischemic necrosis and eliminates heat loss if combined with RFA. Our aim was to compare the efficacy of hypertonic saline-enhanced RFA versus TACE sequential RFA in the treatment of medium and large nodular HCC.

Echoguided pair technique in diagnosis and treat-ment of abdominal hydatid cystic disease in Egyptian patients: clnical and ultrasonographic follow up.

The introduction of the percutaneous puncture, aspiration, injection of scolecidal agent and reaspiration (PAIR) technique is gaining an increasing acceptance in diagnosis and treatment of abdominal cystic hydatid disease (CHD). Thirty-three patients (12 male & 21 female with age between 15 and 70 years) had 46 cysts in liver, spleen and kidneys (75.7%, 18.