Percutaneous image guided electrochemotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma: technological advancement

Abstract

Electrochemotherapy is an effective treatment of colorectal liver metastases and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) during open surgery. The minimally invasive percutaneous approach of electrochemotherapy has already been performed but not on HCC. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility, safety and effectiveness of electrochemotherapy with percutaneous approach on HCC.

Keywords

• electrochemotherapy
• hepatocellular carcinoma
• percutaneous
• minimally invasive
• bleomycin