TY - JOUR
T1 - Cryoablation in Locoregional Management of Complex Unresectable Chest Neoplasms
AU - Iezzi, Roberto
AU - Contegiacomo, Andrea
AU - Posa, Alessandro
AU - Attempati, Nico
AU - Punzi, Ernesto
AU - Tanzilli, Alessandro
AU - Margaritora, Stefano
AU - Congedo, Maria Teresa
AU - Cassano, Alessandra
AU - Bria, Emilio
AU - Tagliaferri, Luca
AU - Valentini, Vincenzo
AU - Colosimo, Cesare
AU - Manfredi, Riccardo
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Rationale and Objectives: The aim of our retrospective study was to assess the safety and feasibility of cryoablation in high-risk patients with complex chest neoplastic lesions. Materials and Methods: Twenty patients with complex chest malignancies, both primary and secondary, located in the mediastinum, lung, and chest wall, underwent percutaneous CT-guided cryoablation treatments. Procedural success as well as complications were evaluated. Results: A total of 24 neoplastic lesions were treated (mean diameter: 27 mm; range: 7-54 mm). Technical success was obtained in all patients, without major complications or intraprocedural death. A pneumothorax not requiring a drainage tube placement was registered in 50% of patients, while 3/24 patients had a grade 3 pneumothorax requiring a chest tube placement. Conclusion: Percutaneous CT-guided cryoablation seems a safe and feasible treatment for complex thoracic lesions.
AB - Rationale and Objectives: The aim of our retrospective study was to assess the safety and feasibility of cryoablation in high-risk patients with complex chest neoplastic lesions. Materials and Methods: Twenty patients with complex chest malignancies, both primary and secondary, located in the mediastinum, lung, and chest wall, underwent percutaneous CT-guided cryoablation treatments. Procedural success as well as complications were evaluated. Results: A total of 24 neoplastic lesions were treated (mean diameter: 27 mm; range: 7-54 mm). Technical success was obtained in all patients, without major complications or intraprocedural death. A pneumothorax not requiring a drainage tube placement was registered in 50% of patients, while 3/24 patients had a grade 3 pneumothorax requiring a chest tube placement. Conclusion: Percutaneous CT-guided cryoablation seems a safe and feasible treatment for complex thoracic lesions.
KW - cryoablation
KW - interventional radiology
KW - lung tumors
KW - cryoablation
KW - interventional radiology
KW - lung tumors
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/245959
U2 - 10.3390/tomography7040057
DO - 10.3390/tomography7040057
M3 - Article
SN - 2379-1381
VL - 7
SP - 688
EP - 696
JO - Tomography
JF - Tomography
ER -