Local Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: 2024 Expert Consensus-Based Practical Recommendations of the Korean Liver Cancer Association.

Local ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a non-surgical option that directly targets and destroys tumor cells, has advanced significantly since the 1990s. Therapies with different energy sources, such as radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation, and cryoablation, employ different mechanisms to induce tumor necrosis. The precision, safety, and effectiveness of these therapies have increased with advances in guiding technologies and device improvements.

Comprehensive CT Imaging Analysis of Primary Colorectal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Retrospective Study.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the findings of CT scans in patients with pathologically confirmed primary colorectal squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC). The clinical presentation and CT findings in eight patients with pathologically confirmed primary colorectal squamous-cell carcinoma were retrospectively reviewed by two gastrointestinal radiologists. Hematochezia was the most common symptom (n = 5).

Thermal Injury to the Subhepatic Appendix Following Percutaneous Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Case Report.

We present the first documented case of a fistula between the treated zone and the appendix after RFA in a patient with HCC. Contrast-enhanced CT and MRI revealed a subcapsular hepatic nodule with image findings of HCC located adjacent to the ascending colon and cecum. An ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy was subsequently performed to distinguish between hepatic metastasis and HCC.

Estimation of brain tissue response by electrical stimulation in a subject-specific model implemented by conductivity tensor imaging.

Electrical stimulation such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is widely used to treat neuropsychiatric diseases and neurological disorders. Computational modeling is an important approach to understand the mechanisms underlying tDCS and optimize treatment planning. When applying computational modeling to treatment planning, uncertainties exist due to insufficient conductivity information inside the brain.

Measurement of extracellular volume fraction using magnetic resonance-based conductivity tensor imaging.

Conductivity tensor imaging (CTI) using MRI is an advanced method that can non-invasively measure the electrical properties of living tissues. The contrast of CTI is based on underlying hypothesis about the proportionality between the mobility and diffusivity of ions and water molecules inside tissues. The experimental validation of CTI in both and settings is required as a reliable tool to assess tissue conditions.

Image-Based Evaluation of Irradiation Effects in Brain Tissues by Measuring Absolute Electrical Conductivity Using MRI.

Radiation-induced injury is damage to normal tissues caused by unintentional exposure to ionizing radiation. Image-based evaluation of tissue damage by irradiation has an advantage for the early assessment of therapeutic effects by providing sensitive information on minute tissue responses in situ. Recent magnetic resonance (MR)-based electrical conductivity imaging has shown potential as an effective early imaging biomarker for treatment response and radiation-induced injury.

Laparoscopic Liver Resection versus Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation for Small Single Nodular Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparison of Treatment Outcomes.

Background: Treatment outcomes of laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) and percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (p-RFA) for small single hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) have not yet been fully compared. The aim of this study was to compare LLR and p-RFA as first-line treatment options in patients with single nodular HCCs ≤3 cm.

Methods: From January 2014 to December 2016, a total of 566 patients with single nodular HCC ≤3 cm treated by either LLR ( = 251) or p-RFA ( = 315) were included.

Is delayed gastric emptying associated with pylorus ring preservation in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy?

Background/objective: A high incidence of delayed gastric emptying (DGE) is observed in patients undergoing pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PpPD). However, DGE incidence after pancreaticoduodenectomy varied because of heterogeneity in surgical techniques, number of surgeons, and DGE definition. This study aimed to evaluate the difference in the incidence of DGE following PpPD and pylorus-resecting pancreaticoduodenectomy (PrPD) and to analyze the risk factor of DGE by a single surgeon to determine whether pylorus preservation was the main factor of DGE.

Pleural Effusion after Hepatic Radiofrequency Ablation with Artificial Ascites: Clinical Spectrum and Significance.

Purpose: To retrospectively investigate incidence, clinical outcome, and risk factors of iatrogenic pleural effusion in patients with hepatic tumors undergoing radiofrequency (RF) ablation using artificial ascites (AA).

Materials And Methods: Patients (N = 163) who underwent RF ablation using AA were classified into pleural effusion and non-pleural effusion groups according to the presence of pleural effusion on immediate follow-up CT and chest radiograph after RF ablation. The pleural effusion group included asymptomatic and symptomatic subgroups.

MR-Based Electrical Conductivity Imaging of Liver Fibrosis in an Experimental Rat Model.

Background: Liver fibrosis is characterized by the excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins. Electrical conductivity imaging at low frequency can provide novel contrast because the contrast mechanisms originate from the changes in the concentration and mobility of ions in the extracellular space.

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of an MR-based electrical conductivity imaging that can detect the changes in a tissue condition associated with the progression of liver fibrosis.

Electrical conductivity-based contrast imaging for characterizing prostatic tissues: in vivo animal feasibility study.

Background: Electrical conductivity-based magnetic resonance (MR) imaging may provide unique information on tissue condition because its contrast originates from the concentration and mobility of ions in the cellular space. We imaged the conductivity of normal canine prostate in vivo and evaluated tissue contrast in terms of both the conductivity distribution and anatomical significance.

Methods: Five healthy laboratory beagles were used.

Combined Therapy with Transarterial Chemoembolization and Radiofrequency Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Does the Degree of Ethiodized Oil Accumulation within the Tumor Affect the Therapeutic Efficacy?

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of the degree of ethiodized oil accumulation achieved by transarterial chemoembolization followed by radiofrequency (RF) ablation on the treatment efficacy for a single intermediate-sized hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Materials And Methods: A total of 153 consecutive patients who underwent chemoembolization and RF ablation for a single intermediate-sized HCC (2-5 cm) were included. On the basis of the degree of ethiodized oil accumulation in HCC on cone-beam CT images, patients who underwent chemoembolization and RF ablation were classified into 2 groups: compact accumulation (≥ 75%) and noncompact accumulation (< 75%).

Conventional Chemoembolization Plus Radiofrequency Ablation versus Surgical Resection for Single, Medium-Sized Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Propensity-Score Matching Analysis.

Purpose: To retrospectively compare long-term outcomes of conventional chemoembolization plus radiofrequency (RF) ablation vs those of surgical resection in patients with a single 3-5-cm hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Materials And Methods: From January 2008 to December 2017, 139 of 623 patients who underwent surgical resection and 60 of 186 patients who underwent chemoembolization/RF ablation in a single center were compared with respect to local tumor progression (LTP), intrahepatic distant recurrence (IDR), disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS), major complications, and hospital stay before and after propensity-score matching.

Results: Mean follow-up periods were similar in the chemoembolization/RF ablation and surgical resection groups (41.

Multidetector CT findings differ between surgical grades of pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Objectives: To define and correlate multidetector CT (MDCT) findings of pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy with surgical grading based on the 2016 Revised International Study Group of Pancreatic Fistula (ISGPF) classification.

Methods: Between May 2011 and December 2016, 235 patients with periampullary tumor underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy and postoperative MDCT. Patients were classified into three groups (clinically no pancreatic fistula (cNo-PF), grade B, and grade C) according to the ISGPF classification.