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9492885

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
Cryosurgery may be considered for patients whose hepatic lesions are not amenable to surgical resection, i.e., patients with multiple hepatic lesions and/or lesions abutting major vascular structures. Because the size of the iceball created during the procedure can be carefully controlled, cryosurgery has the advantage of being a focal technique that spares much more noncancerous liver tissue than surgical resection. The major complications of hepatic cryosurgery are the same as those of hepatic resection: hemorrhage, pleural effusion, bile leak fistula, perihepatic abscess, and hepatic failure. In addition, there is a risk of coagulopathy when large tumors are frozen using multiple freeze-thaw cycles. In general, operative morbidity is related to the volume of frozen tissue, the number of freeze-thaw cycles, and number of cryoprobes. Further experience and accrual of long-term data should better define the indications for hepatic cryosurgery and minimize the incidence of complications.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
8756-0437
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
156-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Complications of hepatic cryosurgery.
pubmed:affiliation
John Wayne Cancer Institute, Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, California 90404, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review