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Echolaparoscopic-guided alcohol injection of liver metastases
R Incarbone1, L Bonavina, E Lattuada
1Istituto di Chirurgia Generale e Oncologia Chirurgica, Università di Milano, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico I.R.C.C.S., Italy.
Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy
|November 3, 1998
Abstract:
Ultrasound-guided percutaneous alcohol injection of liver metastases or hepatocellular carcinoma represents a well-established alternative to surgery when surgical resection is contraindicated. The aim of this report is to describe the technique of echolaparoscopic-guided alcohol injection of liver metastases in a patient undergoing palliative treatment for adenocarcinoma of the cardia. This procedure provides a more accurate staging of the disease and a safe approach to liver metastases with difficult anatomical location in patients unsuitable for surgical resection.