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Percutaneous interstitial laser therapy of a patient with recurrent hepatoma in a transplanted liver.

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Dowlatshahi, K; Bhattacharya, AK; Silver, B; Matalon, T; Williams, JW
Published in: Surgery
September 1992

We report in situ treatment, by focal hyperthermia, of a recurrent hepatoma in the transplanted liver of a 53-year-old man. Hyperthermia was generated by neodymium-yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser, which was delivered through a fiber placed inside a 19-gauge needle and inserted percutaneously into the liver under ultrasound guidance. The effect was monitored in real time by ultrasound and subsequently confirmed by computerized tomography and needle core biopsy. Objectively the tumor growth was halted for 3 months, indicating partial response to this minimally invasive treatment.

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Surgery

ISSN

0039-6060

Publication Date

September 1992

Volume

112

Issue

3

Start / End Page

603 / 606

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Surgery
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Laser Therapy
  • Hyperthermia, Induced
 

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Dowlatshahi, K., Bhattacharya, A. K., Silver, B., Matalon, T., & Williams, J. W. (1992). Percutaneous interstitial laser therapy of a patient with recurrent hepatoma in a transplanted liver. Surgery, 112(3), 603–606.
Dowlatshahi, K., A. K. Bhattacharya, B. Silver, T. Matalon, and J. W. Williams. “Percutaneous interstitial laser therapy of a patient with recurrent hepatoma in a transplanted liver.Surgery 112, no. 3 (September 1992): 603–6.
Dowlatshahi K, Bhattacharya AK, Silver B, Matalon T, Williams JW. Percutaneous interstitial laser therapy of a patient with recurrent hepatoma in a transplanted liver. Surgery. 1992 Sep;112(3):603–6.
Dowlatshahi, K., et al. “Percutaneous interstitial laser therapy of a patient with recurrent hepatoma in a transplanted liver.Surgery, vol. 112, no. 3, Sept. 1992, pp. 603–06.
Dowlatshahi K, Bhattacharya AK, Silver B, Matalon T, Williams JW. Percutaneous interstitial laser therapy of a patient with recurrent hepatoma in a transplanted liver. Surgery. 1992 Sep;112(3):603–606.
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Published In

Surgery

ISSN

0039-6060

Publication Date

September 1992

Volume

112

Issue

3

Start / End Page

603 / 606

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Surgery
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Laser Therapy
  • Hyperthermia, Induced