Improving laser-induced thermotherapy of liver metastases - Effects of arterial microembolization and complete blood flow occlusion

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 608-615

  Ritz, J P ^a   Lehmann, K S ^a   Zurbuchen, U ^a   Wacker, F ^a   Brehm, F ^a   Isbert, C ^b   Germer, C T ^b   Buhr, H J ^a   Holmer, C ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

In situ ablation; Interrupted hepatic perfusion; Laser induced thermotherapy; Liver metastases

Indexed keywords

STARCH MICROSPHERE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PERFUSION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONLINE MONITORING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STARCH;

EID: 34248570990     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.02.028     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Fong Y., Cohen A.M., and Fortner J.G. Liver resection for colorectal metastases. J Clin Oncol 15 (1997) 938-946
2. Gieseler F. The dilemma of gastrointestinal oncology: we know a lot but we still achieve too little. Int J Colorect Dis 15 (2000) 112-113
3. Vogl T.J., Müller P.K., Mack M.G., Straub R., Engelmann K., and Neuhaus P. Therapeutic options in non-resectable liver metastases. Percutaneous radiological interventions. Chirurg 70 (1999) 133-140
4. Ritz J.P., Lehmann K.S., Reissfelder C., et al. Bipolar radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases during laparotomy. First clinical experiences with a new multipolar ablation concept. Int J Colorectal Dis 21 1 (2006) 25-32
5. Sturesson C., Liu D.L., Stenram U., and Andersson-Engels S. Hepatic inflow occlusion increases the efficacy of interstitial laser-induced thermotherapy in rat. J Surg Res 71 (1997) 67-72
6. Moller P.H., Hannesson P.H., Ivarsson K., Olsrud J., Stenram U., and Tranberg K.G. Interstitial laser thermotherapy in pig liver: effect of inflow occlusion on extent of necrosis and ultrasound image. Hepatogastroenterology 44 (1997) 1302-1311
7. Albrecht D., Germer C.T., Isbert C., et al. Interstitial laser coagulation: evaluation of the effect of normal liver blood perfusion and the application mode on lesion size. Lasers Surg Med 23 (1998) 40-47
8. Goldberg S.N., Hahn P.F., Halpern E.F., Fogle R.M., and Gazelle G.S. Radio-frequency tissue ablation: effect of pharmacologic modulation of blood flow on coagulation diameter. Radiology 209 (1998) 761-767
9. Breedis C., and Young G. The blood supply of neoplasms in the liver. Am J Pathol 30 (1954) 969-985
10. Ritz J.P., Lehmann K., Isbert C., Roggan A., Germer C.T., and Buhr H.J. Effectivity of laser-induced thermotherapy: in vivo comparison of arterial microembolization and complete hepatic inflow occlusion. Lasers Surg Med 36 3 (2005 Mar) 238-244
11. Germer C.T., Isbert C., Albrecht D., et al. Laser-induced thermotherapy combined with hepatic arterial embolization in the treatment of liver tumors in a rat tumor model. Ann Surg 230 1 (1999 Jul) 55-62
12. Yamasaki T., Kimura T., Kurokawa F., et al. Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation with cooled electrodes combined with hepatic arterial balloon occlusion in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Gastroenterol 40 2 (2005) 171-178
13. Miyamoto N., Tsuji K., Sakurai Y., et al. Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for unresectable large hepatic tumours during hepatic blood flow occlusion in four patients. Clin Radiol 59 9 (2004) 812-818
14. Reither K., Wacker F., Ritz J.P., et al. Laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT) for liver metastasis in an open 0.2T MRI. Rofo Fortschr Geb Rontgenstr Neuen BildgebVerfahr 172 2 (2000) 175-178
15. Mulier S., Mulier P., Ni Y., et al. Complications of radiofrequency coagulation of liver tumours. Br J Surg 89 10 (2002) 1206-1222
16. Vogl T.J., Straub R., Eichler K., Woitaschek D., and Mack M.G. Malignant liver tumors treated with MR imaging-guided laser-induced thermotherapy: experience with complications in 899 patients (2,520 lesions). Radiology 225 2 (2002) 367-377
17. Mensel B., Weigel C., Heidecke C.D., Stier A., and Hosten N. Laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT) of tumors of the liver in central location: results and complications. Rofo Fortschr Geb Rontgenstr Neuen BildgebVerfahr 177 9 (2005) 1267-1275
18. Tepel J., Hinz S., Klomp H.J., Kapischke M., and Kremer B. Intraoperative radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for irresectable liver malignancies. Eur J Surg Oncol 30 5 (2004) 551-555
19. Zagoria R.J., Chen M.Y., Shen P., and Levine E.A. Complications from radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases. Am Surg 68 2 (2002) 204-209
20. Hakansson L., Hakansson A., Morales O., Thorelius L., and Warfving T. Spherex (degradable starch microspheres) chemo-occlusion - enhancement of tumor drug concentration and therapeutic efficacy: an overview. Semin Oncol 24 S6 (1997) 100-109
21. Link K.H., Kornmann M., and Formentini A. Regional chemotherapy of non-resectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer - literature and institutional review. Langenbecks Arch Surg 384 (1999) 344-353
22. Fan R.F., Chai F.L., He G.X., et al. Clinical evaluation of radiofrequency ablation therapy in patients with hepatic cavernous hemangiomas. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 85 23 (2005 Jun 22) 1608-1612
23. Curley S.A., Izzo F., Ellis L.M., Nicolas Vauthey J., and Vallone P. Radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular cancer in 110 patients with cirrhosis. Ann Surg 232 3 (2000) 381-391
24. Vogl T.J., Straub R., Eichler K., Sollner O., and Mack M.G. Colorectal carcinoma metastases in liver: laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy - local tumor control rate and survival data. Radiology 230 2 (2004) 450-458
25. Sutherland L.M., Williams J.A., Padbury R.T., Gotley D.C., Stokes B., and Maddern G.J. Radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors: a systematic review. Arch Surg 141 2 (2006) 181-190
26. Katsumoto Y., Yasumoto T., Maruyama K., et al. Radio-frequency ablation therapy for metastatic liver tumors from colorectal carcinoma. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 32 11 (2005) 1670-1672
27. Mulier S., Ni Y., Jamart J., Ruers T., Marchal G., and Michel L. Local recurrence after hepatic radiofrequency coagulation: multivariate meta-analysis and review of contributing factors. Ann Surg 242 2 (2005) 158-171
28. Lencioni R., Cioni D., Goletti O., and Bartolozzi C. Radiofrequency thermal ablation of liver tumors: state of the art. Cancer J Sci 6 (2000) 304-312
29. Lee Jr. F.T., Haemmerich D., Wright A.S., Mahvi D.M., Sampson L.A., and Webster J.G. Multiple probe radiofrequency ablation: pilot study in an animal model. J Vasc Interv Radiol 14 (2003) 1437-1442
30. Isbert C., Ritz J.P., Schilling A., et al. Laser induced thermotherapy (LITT) of experimental liver metastasis-detection of residual tumors using Gd-DTPA enhanced MRI. Lasers Surg Med 30 (2002) 280-289
31. Lu D.S., Raman S.S., Vodopich V.J., Wang M., Sayre J., and Lassmann C. Effect of vessel size on creation of hepatic radiofrequency lesions in pigs: assessment of the "heat sink" effect. AJR Am J Roentgenol 178 (2002) 47-52
32. Matthewson K., Barton T., Lewin M.R., O'Sullivan J.P., Northfield T.C., and Bown S.G. Biological effects of intrahepatic neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser photocoagulation in rats. Gastroenterology 93 (1987) 550-557
33. Pringle H.J. Notes on the arrest of hepatic hemorrhage due to trauma. Ann Surg 48 (1980) 531
34. Chang C.K., Hendy M.P., Smith J.M., Recht M.H., and Welling R.E. Radiofrequency ablation of the porcine liver with complete vascular occlusion. Ann Surg Oncol 9 (2002) 594-599
35. Patterson E.J., Scudamore C.H., Owen D.A., Nagy A.G., and Buczkowski A.K. Radiofrequency ablation of porcine liver in vivo: effects of blood flow and treatment time on lesion size. Ann Surg 227 (1998) 559-567
36. Chinn S.B., Lee Jr. F.T., and Kennedy G.D. Effect of vascular occlusion on radiofrequency ablation of the liver: results in a porcine model. AJR Am J Roentgenol 176 (2001) 789-794
37. Germer C.T., Roggan A., Ritz J.P., et al. Optical properties of native and coagulated human liver tissue and liver metastases in the near infrared range. Lasers Surg Med 23 4 (1998) 194-203
38. Link K.H., Sunelaitis E., Kornmann M., et al. Regional chemotherapy of nonresectable colorectal liver metastases with mitoxantrone, 5-fluorouracil, folinic acid, and mitomycin C may prolong survival. Cancer 92 11 (2001 Dec 1) 2746-2753
39. Pohlen U., Mansmann U., Berger G., et al. Multicenter pilot study of 5-fluorouracil, folinic acid, interferon alpha-2b and degradable starch microspheres via hepatic arterial infusion in patients with nonresectable colorectal liver metastases. Anticancer Res 24 5B (2004 Sep-Oct) 3275-3282
40. Wasser K., Giebel F., Fischbach R., Tesch H., and Landwehr P. Transarterial chemoembolization of liver metastases of colorectal carcinoma using degradable starch microspheres (Spherex): personal investigations and review of the literature. Radiologe 45 7 (2005 Jul) 633-643 Review. German