Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2022, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (5): 726-729.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2022.05.030

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Short-term efficacy of intratumor blood aspiration and radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of patients with hepatic hemangioma

Ren Wenyan, Zhao Sen, Zhuang Yan et al.   

  1. Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Henan University, Kaifeng 475000, Henan Province, China
  • Received:2022-05-23 Online:2022-09-10 Published:2022-09-22

Abstract: Objective The purpose of this study was to compare the short-term efficacy of intratumor blood aspiration and radiofrequency ablation (RFA), and transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) in the treatment of patients with hepatic hemangioma (HCH). Methods 102 patients with HCH were encountered in our hospital between October 2018 and October 2020, and the RFA after intratumor blood aspiration was conducted in 46 patients and the TAE was performed in 56 patients. All patients were followed-up for three months. Results The operative time, intraoperative blood loss and hospital stay in patients with TAE operation were (49.2±14.6) min, (13.4±3.7) mL and (3.4±1.6) days, significantly different compared to (57.5±18.9)min, (7.5±1.9)mL and (1.5±0.5)days, respectively, in patients receiving RFA after intratumor blood aspiration (P<0.05); at the moment immediately after operation and the end of three months, the tumor volumes in TAE-treated patients were (49.2±22.5) mL and (31.4±15.7) mL, not significantly different as compared to (49.1±22.3)mL and (31.2±15.5)mL in RFA-treated patients (P>0.05), and so were the tumor shrinkage rates in the two groups (P>0.05); after operation, the complications in TAE-treated patients was 17.9%, much higher than 6.5%(P<0.05) in RFA-treated patients. Conclusion The short-term efficacy of RFA after intratumor blood aspiration or TAE in the treatment of patients with HCH is good, and the RFA treatment has less post-operationally complications.

Key words: Hepatic hemangioma, Transcatheter arterial embolization, Radiofrequency ablation, Blood aspiration, Therapy