Radiofrequency Ablation



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    Radiofrequency Ablation





    [an error occurred while processing this directive] RITA Medical Systems Announces New Radiofrequency Ablation ... Nov 22, 2005
    ...the American Medical Association (AMA) has assigned a new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code, 50592, for percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of ...
    - Genetic Engineering News,

    Radiofrequency Ablation in a Porcine Lung Model: Correlation ... Nov 13, 2005
    The objective of our study was to investigate the time course changes of the ablated lesion after radiofrequency ablation in the porcine lung and the ...
    - Am J Roentgenology (subscription)

    Radiofrequency ablation reduces lumpectomy re-excision rates by 86 ... Oct 30, 2005
    ...clinical investigators at the University of Arkansas Cancer Research Center reported the results of a clinical trial, Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)-assisted ...
    - MTBeurope.info,

    Toms is resting after a procedure to attempt to cure his heart ... Nov 20, 2005
    ...the problem area. Using radiofrequency ablation, they tried to correct damaged nerves in the heart that are misfiring. The former ...
    - PGA.com

    When the Beat Goes Bad Nov 19, 2005
    However, there is a relatively new therapy called radiofrequency ablation that goes for the cure by walling off the misfiring cells in the pulmonary veins. ...
    - U.S. News & World Report

    Tiger Toms has heart procedure today Nov 17, 2005
    ...rapid heartbeat). Using radiofrequency ablation, doctors will attempt to correct damaged nerves in the heart that are misfiring. Toms ...
    - Shreveport Times,

    RITA Medical Resumes Volume Shipments of HABIB(TM)4X Resection ... Nov 15, 2005
    RITA Medical Systems develops, manufactures and markets innovative products for cancer patients including radiofrequency ablation (RFA) systems for treating ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Cancer technique extended to breast Oct 30, 2005
    ...a lumpectomy. Radiofrequency ablation, as the technology is known, has been used to treat other organs, such as the liver. It has ...
    - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription),

    Minimally Invasive Surgery May Increase Options For Octogenarians ... Nov 9, 2005
    Radiofrequency Ablation Safe And Feasible For Eradicating Lung Tumors (August 2, 2004) -- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA), the use of electrodes to heat and ...
    - Science Daily (press release)

    Donor, European Society Honor Oregon Health & Science Frederick ... Nov 10, 2005
    ...is looking to augment OHSU's oncologic interventional radiology program, which includes treatment of tumors with radiofrequency ablation and chemoembolization ...
    - MedfordNews.com,

    Briton has heart surgery in India: at 25 percent cost Nov 3, 2005
    The operation saw him undergo a procedure called radiofrequency ablation, which "zaps" the area of his heart where the short circuit takes place and blocks it ...
    - Webindia123,

    Department of Oncology, McGill University, 2215 Dover Rd, Montreal ... Nov 2, 2005
    Image-gated radiotherapy and radiofrequency ablation might also be entertained as potential alternative approaches either alone or as adjuncts to limited ...
    - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

    Radiofrequency Ablation Combined with CO 2 Injection for Treatment ... Sep 30, 2005
    ...carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) around the tumor to avoid thermal injury and the heat-sink effect from the blood vessel during percutaneous radiofrequency ablation. ...
    - Am J Roentgenology (subscription)

    Better Survival but More Complications After Radiofrequency ... Aug 30, 2005
    Sixty-two patients were treated with radiofrequency ablation, 62 were treated with ethanol injection, and 63 were treated with acetic acid injection. ...
    - Cancer Consultants (press release)

    New tumor-fighting technology in use Sep 25, 2005
    ...plastic surgery, led to friendship with interventional radiologist Dr. Patrick Sewell, a pioneer and world authority in applying radiofrequency ablation in the ...
    - Natchez Democrat

    Published Five-Year Multi-Center Results Demonstrate the VNUS ... Sep 21, 2005
    The data from this report and from three randomized trials of endovenous radiofrequency ablation versus vein stripping clearly indicates that the VNUS Closure ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    RITA Medical Systems Delays Shipment of Habib(TM) 4X Sep 27, 2005
    RITA Medical Systems develops, manufactures and markets innovative products for cancer patients including radiofrequency ablation (RFA) systems for treating ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    Toms' heart totally into Presidents Cup Sep 19, 2005
    Doctors say David Toms will need a radiofrequency ablation, a procedure that corrects damaged nerves in the heart that are misfiring. ...
    - St. Petersburg Times

    Flu Clinics Scheduled Sep 27, 2005
    Vinay Madan, an interventional radiologist, will give a free talk on treating inoperable kidney and liver cancer with radiofrequency ablation, Wednesday from 6 ...
    - Hartford Courant

    Expecting Multiples Sep 20, 2005
    Dr. Vinay Madan, an interventional radiologist, will give a free talk on treating inoperable kidney and liver cancer with radiofrequency ablation, Sept. ...
    - Hartford Courant

    Laparoscopy Guides Treatment of Colorectal Cancer Spread to Liver Aug 30, 2005
    ...delivered into the blood vessel that supplies the liver (hepatic artery infusion), or use of electrical energy to destroy the tumor (radiofrequency ablation). ...
    - Cancer Consultants (press release)

    Radiofrequency Ablation Can Effectively Treat Patients with Small ...Jul 28, 2005
    An emerging alternative treatment for small kidney cancers in patients who are unable to tolerate surgery is a technique called radiofrequency ablation (RFA). ...
    - Cancer Consultants

    Radiofrequency Ablation Feasible for Inoperable Lung CancerJul 19, 2005
    According to results recently presented at the Presidential Symposium of the 11th annual World Conference on Lung Cancer, radiofrequency ablation appears to be ...
    - Cancer Consultants

    Radiofrequency Ablation Reported as Local Therapy for NSCLCJul 8, 2005
    Researchers from Italy have reported that radiofrequency ablation appears to be a feasible and safe local therapy for patients with NSCLC who are not ...
    - Cancer Consultants

    Retrograde Cooling May Protect Kidney During Radiofrequency ...Jul 14, 2005
    ...of the ureter and renal pelvis with ice-cold saline may protect the renal collecting system from thermal injury during radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of central ...
    - Cancerpage.com

    RITA Medical Launches New Vortex EZ and Vortex EZ MAX Port System ...Jul 28, 2005
    RITA Medical Systems develops, manufactures and markets innovative products for cancer patients including radiofrequency ablation (RFA) systems for treating ...
    - Business Wire

    Division of Cardiac Surgery, S. Raffaele University Hospital, Via ...Jul 5, 2005
    Bugge E, Nicholson IA, Thomas SP. Comparison of bipolar and unipolar radiofrequency ablation in an in vivo experimental model. Eur ...
    - European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

    An Alternative Liver Cancer TherapyJul 20, 2005
    The latest study to test the efficacy of radiofrequency ablation, or RFA, was released at a meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic ...
    - Hepatitis Neighborhood

    Hope for the futureJul 28, 2005
    ...spare cancer cells," Chagpar explained. The formal name for this treatment is radiofrequency ablation (RFA). If cancer cells are ...
    - Louisville Courier-Journal

    International Approvals: Arctic Front, RealTime HCV, Dascor DiscJul 26, 2005
    ...patients at six-month follow-up, with a success rate significantly higher than that achieved with traditional point-to-point radiofrequency ablation techniques ...
    - Medscape (subscription)

    CT Imaging Findings of Pulmonary Neoplasms After Treatment with ...Jul 21, 2005
    OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to describe the CT appearance of thoracic neoplasms after treatment with radiofrequency ablation (RFA). ...
    - Am J Roentgenology (subscription)

    Study briefs, 7/5: Group support seems to ease the burden of the ...Jul 5, 2005
    70 adults with atrial fibrillation (AF) to take anti-arrhythmic drugs and an anti-clotting drug or to undergo radiofrequency ablation, administered through a ...
    - Lincoln Journal Star

    Radio waves a surgical try to halt apneaJul 3, 2005
    Answer: Radiofrequency ablation, or RFA, is not a fourth category but merely one type of surgery – the other common alternatives being a traditional scalpel ...
    - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

    2 novel procedures at CMC, VelloreJul 7, 2005
    In addition, Dr Sanders performed a successful radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation by selectively isolating the veins and ablating them serially. ...
    - Chennai Online

    Heart rhythm corrected by same-day procedureJul 7, 2005
    Now we have a procedure called radiofrequency ablation, where the rhythm problem can be corrected through same-day surgery in a two- to three-hour procedure ...
    - myDNA.com




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