Microwave Ablation of Primary Malignant Pelvic Bone Tumors

Microwave Ablation of Pelvic Malignant Bone Tumors

Background: A considerable percentage of primary or secondary malignancy developed from pelvis. The current widely used surgical treatment is en blot resection of tumor-bearing bone followed by reconstruction. The high rate of complication and mechanical instability often contribute to poor results. Given the poor prognosis and high mobility for pelvic malignancy, some authors think that consid...

Microwave ablation of malignant extremity bone tumors

BACKGROUND The current application of limb salvage process has some unsolved problems, such as prosthesis loosening, which severely limits the function of the preserved limbs. Innovative approaches are needed to further improve functional outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS Instead of en-bloc resection of tumor-bearing bone, it is dissected from the surrounding normal tissues, followed by devitaliz...

Use of microwave ablation in the treatment of patients with multiple primary malignant tumors

A 56-year-old man was admitted to our hospital in 2007, complaining of an irritating cough. Computed tomography examination demonstrated a mass in the right lung and enlargement of the hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes. Small cell lung cancer was confirmed by pathological examination after fibro-bronchoscope biopsy. The patient was treated with received sequential chemotherapy and radiotherapy....

Microwave Tumor Ablation of Vertebral Bone Metastasis: A Case Report

Introduction: Thermal ablation by microwave (MWA) has proven efficacy in treatment of primary and metastatic cancers. Soft tissue tumors could be ablated completely using MWA. However, bony tissue metastasis particularly spinal vertebral metastasis ablation has not reported yet. Case presentation: A 50 year old male patient with primary diagnosed colon cancer undergone surgical resection of ...

Microwave ablation of lung tumors