Percutaneous cryoablation of symptomatic extraabdominal metastatic disease: preliminary results.

Beland, Michael D; Dupuy, Damian E; Mayo-Smith, William W · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2005

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Abstract

The objective of our study was to describe our initial experience using percutaneous cryoablation for palliation of symptomatic extraabdominal metastases or recurrent soft-tissue tumors. Preliminary results suggest that percutaneous cryoablation may offer a minimally invasive alternative for relief of symptomatic metastatic disease in patients for whom conventional therapy failed.

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