Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Literature Review

Table 4

Laparoscopic/open RFA for liver malignancies: local tumor progressions and survivals.

Author/year	Arms	𝑛	Tumor size; (mean, cm)	Follow-up period; (mean, months)	Local tumor progression	Survival; (%)
Topal et al. [59]/2003	LS/open	9/9	3.8/3.5	12.2	1/9, 0/9	ND
Berber et al. [60]/2005	LS	66	4.1	25.3	ND	38% (3-year)
Hildebrand et al. [61]/2007	LS	14	ND	23.2	1/14	ND
Minami et al. [62]/2007	open	30	3.2	18.9	1/30	71.6% (3-year)
Ishiko et al. [63]/2008	HALS	5	ND	32.2	1/5	ND
Ballem et al. [64]/2008	LS	104	3.5	23	ND	21% (3-year)
Tanaka et al. [65]/2009	open	26	ND	ND	1/26	ND
Salama et al. [66]/2010	LS	72	ND	14.3	2/72	ND

HALS: hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery; LS: laparoscopy; ND: not described; RFA: radiofrequency ablation.