Tissue ablation with radiofrequency: effect of probe size, gauge, duration, and temperature on lesion volume

Academic Radiology
S N GoldbergD I Rosenthal

Abstract

We evaluated the parameters affecting the size and distribution of thermal tissue damage produced by radiofrequency electrodes. Thermal lesions were produced by electrodes connected to a radiofrequency generator in specimens of liver (n = 143) and muscle (n = 20). Various combinations of probe tip exposure (0.5-8 cm), gauge (12-24 gauge), duration of treatment (0.5-12 min), and temperature (80-90 degrees C) were studied. The resulting volumes of tissue coagulation were measured and compared. Lesions equal to or less than 1.6 cm in diameter were symmetrically distributed around the electrode. Lesion diameter (but not length) increased with probe gauge and duration of treatment to a maximum of 6 min. However, lesions with mean diameters larger than 1.6 cm could not be produced using a single probe with any technique. Lesion length correlated with probe tip exposure from 1 to 8 cm (r2 = .996). Over the limited range investigated, increased temperature had minimal effects, except for tip exposures greater than 5 cm, in which larger and more uniform lesions resulted. Lesions varied equal to or less than 3 mm in diameter and equal to or less than 5 mm in length for each combination of variables. Radiofrequency ablation can accurately...Continue Reading

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