For patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, a minimally invasive procedure called cooled
radiofrequency ablation (CRFA) provides better pain reduction and functional improvement compared to steroid injection of the knee, concludes a study in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, published by Wolters Kluwer.
Cooled
radiofrequency ablation is performed on an outpatient basis, with local anesthesia and minimal sedation.
Among patients with untreated paroxysmal (intermittent) atrial fibrillation (AF), treatment with electrical energy (
radiofrequency ablation) resulted in a lower rate of abnormal atrial rhythms and episodes of AF, according to a study in the February 19 issue of JAMA.
Interventional
radiofrequency ablation: A promising therapeutic modality in the management of malignant biliary and pancreatic duct obstruction M Mizandari, J Kumar, M Pai, T Chikovani, T Azrumelashvili, I Reccia, N Habib J. Cancer 2018; 9 (4): 629 - 637.
Abrogation of local cancer recurrence after
radiofrequency ablation by dendritic cell - based hyperthermic tumor vaccine.
Jacoby and Schembri disclosed that they have received funding from Halt Medical supporting a study of women with uterine fibroids who were treated with
radiofrequency ablation.
Current thermal ablation, or heat therapy, treatments for human tumors include
radiofrequency ablation, which applies a single - point source of heat to the tumor rather than evenly heating the tumor throughout, like the MWCNTs were able to.
Oncotarget, 8: 67626 - 67638, 2017 S.S. Immune adjuvant activity of pre-resectional
radiofrequency ablation protects against local and systemic recurrence in aggressive murine colorectal cancer.
Two days later
a radiofrequency ablation of the electrical circuit was performed at the electrophysiological laboratory directed by Dr. Roberto Santilli of the Veterinary Clinic Malpensa, with an endocardial and epicardial approach with interruption of the arrhythmia.
Not exact matches
During catheter
ablation, which typically takes four to five hours, cardiologists thread a catheter, or long thin tube, up through a blood vessel from the groin to the heart and use it as a conduit to send
radiofrequency energy to cauterize the misfiring cells.
He also treats liver, kidney, skeletal and lung tumors with ablative techniques, including cryoablation as well as
radiofrequency and microwave
ablation.
I do ethanol
ablations of complex benign cystic solid nodules
radiofrequency for solid.
Located in New York, and as a former patient at the hospital, Cornell's Cardiology Companion Animal services provide, «a number of interventional therapies including, but not limited to, pacemaker implantation, occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus, balloon valvuloplasty for pulmonic and subaortic stenosis, cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and
radiofrequency catheter
ablation of arrhythmias.»
Dr Roberto Santilli and Dr Romain Pariaut performed a successful
radiofrequency catheter
ablation of a mid-septal accessory pathway maintaining a fast reciprocating tachycardia (> 300 bpm).
He is currently working on developing a cardiac electrophysiology laboratory to diagnose and treat via
radiofrequency catheter
ablation of arrhythmias.