Treatment of focal liver tumors with percutaneous radio-frequency ablation: complications encountered in a multicenter study.

By T. Livraghi, L. Solbiati, M. Meloni, G. Gazelle, E. Halpern, S. Goldberg. Radiology, 2003

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Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma (2005, methodology): “The treatment efficacy and complication rate of RFA have been described in various studies.(22,23) We have performed 1000 treatments of RFA to 2140 HCC nodules in 664 patients and we assessed the early and late complication rates of RFA as well as long-term outcomes in this large case series.”
Image-guided tumor ablation: standardization of terminology and reporting criteria. (2005, neutral): “However, ideally, the number of ablations performed should be included because multiple ablations increase the likelihood of complications (80,81).”