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British Journal of Radiology (2004) 77, 944-949
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doi: 10.1259/bjr/67069976
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Hepatic bipolar radiofrequency ablation using perfused-cooled electrodes: a comparative study in the ex vivo bovine liver

J M Lee, MD 1,2 J K Han, MD 1,2 S H Kim, MD 1,2 J Y Lee, MD 1,2 S H Choi, MD 1,2 and B I Choi, MD 1,2

1 Department of Radiology and Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine and 2 Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744 Korea

Correspondence: Dr Jeong Min Lee, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea

The purpose of this paper was to demonstrate the efficacy of the dual probe bipolar radiofrequency (RF) system with the perfused-cooled electrodes inducing coagulation necrosis in the ex vivo bovine liver. The perfused-cooled electrode that allows simultaneous internal cooling and interstitial hypertonic saline perfusion has been developed for RF ablation (RFA). RF was applied to excised bovine liver in a bipolar mode at 150 W using a 200 W generator with two perfused-cooled electrodes for 10 min. After placing the electrodes at 3 cm spacing in the explanted liver, 45 ablation zones were created with three different regimens: Group A, using both intraelectrode cooling and interstitial perfusion; group B, using only the intraelectrode cooling; and group C, using only interstitial perfusion. In groups A and C, RFA was performed with the infusion of 6% hypertonic saline at the rate of 2 ml min–1. During RFA, we measured the tissue temperature at the midpoint between the two electrodes. The dimensions of the ablation zones and the changes in impedance, currents and liver temperature during RFA were compared in these three groups. The mean tissue impedance during RFA in group A (56.7±21.7 {Omega}) and group C (56.9±20.6 {Omega}) was significantly lower than group B (112±19.7 {Omega}) (p<0.001). The mean current was higher in group A (1765±128 mA) than groups B (760±321 mA) and C (1298±349 mA) (p<0.05). In addition, the shortest vertical diameter of coagulation necrosis was greater in groups A (4.9±0.5 cm) and C (4.6±0.7 cm) than in group B (3.5±0.4 cm) (p<0.05). The temperature at the mid-point between the two probes was higher in group A than other groups: 99°C in group A, 88.9°C in group B, and 94.3°C in group C (p>0.05). The ratios of the diameter of the long-axis to the diameter of the vertical-axis of groups A, B and C were 1.1±0.1, 1.2±0.1, and 1.1±0.2, respectively (p<0.05). Bipolar RFA using intraelectrode cooling and the interstitial saline perfusion simultaneously produced ablation zones significantly larger than the area produced by only one measure.




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