Percutaneous ethanol injection before liver transplantation in the hepatocellular carcinoma

Percutaneous ethanol injection before liver transplantation in the hepatocellular carcinoma.

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES The study evaluates the outcome of patients who performed orthotopic liver transplantation (LT) as treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), with percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) while on the waiting list, verifying the effectiveness of this treatment in producing tumor necrosis and avoiding dropout and identifying treatment-related complications. MATERIAL AND ME...

Percutaneous ethanol injection before liver transplantation in the hepatocellular carcinoma

Percutaneous ethanol injection in hepatocellular carcinoma.

 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumours in Hong Kong.  Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) is an established technique of imaging guided regional therapy for small HCC. In this treatment, absolute ethanol (alcohol) is injected via a small needle into the tumour in an attempt to kill the tumour cells.  The total amount of ethanol injected depends mainly on...

Transarterial Embolization and Percutaneous Ethanol Injection as an Effective Bridge Therapy before Liver Transplantation for Hepatitis C-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Background. Transarterial chemoembolization alone or in association with radiofrequency ablation is an effective bridging strategy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma awaiting for a liver transplant. However, cost of this therapy may limit its utilization. This study was designed to evaluate the outcomes of a protocol involving transarterial embolization, percutaneous ethanol injection, ...

Percutaneous ethanol injection for ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma

Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) has been most widely performed as one of the effective ablative techniques for small Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The ideal patient for alcohol injection should have fewer than three HCC tumors, each of which is well defined, less than 3cm in diameter, surrounded by a fibrous shell and not near the surface of the liver. It is contraindicated in patients w...