Ultrasound-guided percutaneous ethanol injection: first choice for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in the elderly
β Scribed by I. De Sio; L. Castellano; M. Calandra; M. Persico; M. Romano; R. Torella; C. Del Vecchio-Blanco
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 510 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-4943
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This study was aimed at defining the therapeutic value of percutaneous ethanol injection in patients with solitary hepatocellular carcinoma less than 4 cm. Ultrasound-guided ethanol injection was performed in 24 cirrhotic patients (9 Child A, 10 Child B and 5 Child C), with hepatocellular carcinoma
## Background: The long term efficacy of combination therapy with transcatheter arterial embolization (tae) followed by percutaneous ethanol injection (pei) was studied in patients with large primary hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) tumors and cirrhosis. ## Methods: The series included 83 patients