Researchers have designed a thin polymeric sensor platform on a radiofrequency ablation needle to monitor temperature and pressure in real time. The sensors integrated onto 1.5 mm diameter needle tip ...
Radiofrequency ablation (or RFA) is a procedure that can ease chronic pain for some people. The procedure uses radio waves that produce electrical currents. These currents heat and kill a small, ...
Data that guide selection of optimal local ablative therapy for the management localized hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are lacking. Because there are limited prospective comparative data for these ...
When David Rist, 62, was diagnosed with cancerous kidney tumors, he and his wife put plans for their lakeside retirement home on hold. But thanks to a new nonsurgical technique offered at UT ...
Mayo Clinic radiologist Dr. Jeffrey Peterson is performing radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for osteoid osteomas. These benign bone tumors, though rare, usually occur in the lower extremities of teens ...
Expert Rev Neurother. 2010;10(3):469-474. The lesion size correlates with the electrode size, temperature generated, duration of RF application, local tissue characteristics and configuration. The ...
Osteoarthritis patients report significant pain relief after treatment with cooled radiofrequency ablation, a new technique that "stuns" sensory nerves in shoulder and hip joints to reduce — and ...
A non-surgical procedure called radiofrequency ablation can be highly effective in reducing or eliminating chronic back and joint pain in patients. The procedure can provide long-term relief by ...