Percutaneous ethanol injection in the treatment of liver neoplasms

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

Treatment of hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules by percutaneous ethanol injection

BACKGROUND: Autonomous thyroid nodules can be treated by a variety of methods. We assessed the efficacy of percutaneous ethanol injection in treating autonomous thyroid nodules. METHODS: 35 patients diagnosed by technetium-99 scanning with hyperfunctioning nodules and suppressed sensitive TSH (sTSH) were given sterile ethanol injections under ultrasound guidance. 29 patients had clinical and bi...

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...

Long-term Results of Percutaneous Ethanol Injection for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Korea

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the long-term follow-up results of percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-eight nodular HCCs initially detected in 64 patients, were subjected to US-guided PEI as a first-line treatment. Long-term survival rates, local tumor progression rates, and complications were evaluated, as were...