The purpose of this study is to prospectively compare the clinical outcomes (local tumor progression rate, technical success rate, complication rate) of no touch radiofrequency ablation (RFA) technique for Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to those of conventional tumor puncture RFA technique.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
100
No-touch RFA arm indicates RFA procedure without direct tumor puncture. In this study, RFA is done by using dual cooled electrode.
Conventional tumor puncture RFA arm indicates RFA procedure using "conventional tumor puncture" technique. In this study, RFA is done by using dual cooled electrode.
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, South Korea
RECRUITING12 month local tumor progression (LTP) rate
Time frame: 12 months after RFA
2. tumor seeding rate
Time frame: 12 months after RFA
Complication rate related with RFA
RFA-related complication rate such as death, abscess, bleeding..etc.
Time frame: 1 month after RFA
Technical success rate
presence or absence of residual lesion on follow-up imaging
Time frame: 1 month after RFA
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