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Cholangio Cancer

Scientists at University of Athens, First Department of Surgery describe research in cholangio cancer

Published in Blood Weekly, January 11th, 2007

A report, "Liver tissue dissection: ultrasonic or RFA energy," is newly published data in World Journal of Surgery. "Hepatic resection is the only potential curative treatment for a wide variety of conditions. However, liver surgery is technically demanding and closely associated with a number of serious complications," scientists in Athens, Greece report.

"New devices and techniques are currently being applied in practice, which will improve the surgical outcome. This retrospective study compares two methods of liver parenchymal division: ultrasound energy, a modern but already widely used technique, and radio-frequency ablation (RFA), a completely novel method. The...

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