Liver Cancer Treatments – Cryosurgery
This is a kind of specials Liver Cancer Treatments, it is freezing the tumor to convert the cancer and the immediate area around it into an “ice ball”.
A number of locations in the U.S.A do continue to utilize this technique.
The complication rate is higher than in RFA and the patient population in which it is a valid technique is the same as the Liver Cancer Treatments – RFA population of patients.
On the other hand, this Liver Cancer Treatments to visualize the area killed by freezing is better than with Liver Cancer Treatments – RFA since the “iceball” is well seen at sonography, whereas bubbles forming with heating of the tumor can make it hard to see how much tissue has been killed. The decision between RFA and cryotherapy is up to the surgeon. Radiofrequency ablation is the most widespread technique at this time, in spite of its shorter history. My technique of choice in this patient group will be radiofrequency ablation.