Moustafa Abdalla, Amelia T Collings, Rebecca Dirks, Edwin Onkendi, Daniel Nelson, Ahmad Ozair, Emily Miraflor, Faique Rahman, Jake Whiteside, Mihir M Shah, Subhashini Ayloo, Ahmed Abou-Setta, Iswanto Sucandy, Ali Kchaou, Samuel Douglas, Patricio Polanco, Timothy Vreeland, Joseph Buell, Mohammed T Ansari, Aurora D Pryor, Bethany J Slater, Ziad Awad, William Richardson, Adnan Alseidi, D Rohan Jeyarajah, Eugene Ceppa
BACKGROUND: Primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) represent the two most common malignant neoplasms of the liver. The objective of this study was to assess outcomes of surgical approaches to liver ablation comparing laparoscopic versus percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA), and MWA versus radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in patients with HCC or CRLM lesions smaller than 5 cm. METHODS: A systematic review was conducted across seven databases, including PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane, to identify all comparative studies between 1937 and 2021...
May 2023: Surgical Endoscopy