Fundamentals of microwave physics : application to hepatic ablation

Ryan Z Swan¹ Victor Tsirline² David Sindram¹ John B Martinie¹ David A Iannitti¹ 

¹Section of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center ²Division of G1 and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center 

How to resect hepatocellular carcinoma?

Tadatoshi Takayama¹ 

¹Department of Digestive Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine 

Clinical development of chemotherapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

Kazuhiro Kasai¹ Kazuyuki Suzuki¹ 

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University 

Cholangioscopic microwave tissue coagulation (MTC) and recanalization of the bile duct wuth complete obstruction due to pancreatic carcinoma in the far advanced stage

Shigeaki Ino-u-e¹ Masaaki Endoh² Takashi Fukushima¹ Toshihiro Nakadate³ Masayuki Ohsato⁴ Akihide Konn⁴ Takao Itoh⁵ Shoichi Shida⁶ Hiromichi Nakachi⁷ Syunnji Narumi⁸ Kennichi Hakamada⁸ Yutaka Umehara⁹ Shouji Fukuyama⁹ Chiaki Hatazawa⁹ Hideo Sagami⁹ Toshihito Seki¹⁰ Katsuyoshi Tabuse¹¹ 

¹Depart. of Surg., National Hospital Organization Aomori National Hosp. ²Depart. of Surg., Aomori City Hosp. ³Depart. of Surg., Mizusawa General Hosp. ⁴Depart. of Surg., Hachinohe City Hosp. ⁵Itoh Clinic ⁶Kawakami Clinic ⁷Ginowann Memorial Hosp. ⁸Depart. of Digestive Surg., Hirosaki Univ. ⁹Depart. of Surg., Aomori Prefectural Central Hosp. ¹⁰The 3rd Depart. of Internal Medicine, Kannsai Medical Univ. ¹¹Depart. of Surg., National Hospital Organization Osaka Minami Medical Center 

Transcervical microwave adenomyolysis along with microwave endometrial ablation as a new possible alternative to hysterectomy for the treatment of adenomyosis

Yasushi Kanaoka¹ Hirosumi Imoto¹ 

¹Department of Gynecology, Iseikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan 

Usefulness of microwave endometrial ablation for emergent control of acute uterine bleeding

Kentaro Nakayama¹ Tomoka Ishibashi¹ Hiroshi Katagiri¹ Atsuko Katagiri¹ Masako Ishikawa¹ Kohji Miyazaki¹ 

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane University School of Medicine 

Microwave endometrial ablation for menorrhagia in office gynecology

Akira Tsuda¹ 

¹Sanno Ladies Clinic 

Retroperitoneoscopic partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma by using a microwave tissue coagulation

Kiyohide Fujimoto¹ Satoshi Anai¹ Nobumichi Tanaka¹ Akihide Hirayama¹ Yoshihiko Hirao¹ 

¹Department of Urology, Nara Medical University 

Efficacy of the transurethral microwave coagulation therapy for recurrent bladder cancer with the flexible cystoscope

Yasuhiro Yuri¹ Teruaki Kigure¹ Kouki Nakata¹ 

¹Department of urology, Seirei Yokohama Hospital ²Department of Urology, Noshiro Yamamoto Medical Association Hospital 

Evaluation of radiofrequency ablation therapy for metastatic liver cancer

Mio Onodera¹ Hidekatsu Kuroda¹ Takayoshi Oikawa¹ Akira Ushio¹ Yasuhiro Takikawa¹ Kazuyuki Suzuki¹ 

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University 

Volume reduction surgery with MCN and hepatic resection for liver metastases from breast cancer

Yuko Takami¹ Masaki Tateishi¹ Tomoki Ryu¹ Yoshiyuki Wada¹ Hideki Saitsu¹ 

¹Department of Hepato-Billiary-Pancreatic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center 

Strategies for the treatment of liver metastases from gastric cancer : hepatic resection and microwave coagulo-necrotic therapy (MCN)

Tomoki Ryu^1,2 Yuko Takami¹ Masaki Tateishi¹ Yoshiyuki Wada¹ Hideki Saitsu¹ 

¹Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kyushu Medical Center ²Clinical Research Center, Kyushu Medical Center 

Adaptive criteria of microwave coagulo-necrotic therapy (MCN) for colorectal liver metastases

Yoshiyuki Wada¹ Yuko Takami¹ Masaki Tateishi¹ Tomoki Ryu¹ Hideki Saitsu^1,2 

¹Department of Hepato-biliary Pancreatic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center ²Clinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center 

Bright side and dark side of thermal ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma

Toru Beppu^1,2 Takatoshi Ishiko¹ Akira Chikamoto¹ Hirohisa Okabe¹ Katsunori Imai¹ Hiromitsu Hayashi¹ Hidetoshi Nitta¹ Toshiro Masuda¹ Kazutoshi Okabe¹ Koichi Doi¹ Hiroshi Takamori¹ Hideo Baba¹ 

¹Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University ²Department of Multidisciplinary Treatment for Gastroenterological Cancer, Innovation Center for Translational Research, Kumamoto University Hospital 

Measurement of intratumoral pressure during radiofrequency ablation

Chiaki Kawamoto¹ Atsushi Yamauchi² Keiko Kaneko¹ Akiko Miyamoto¹ Shuji Shimizu¹ Kyoichi Mizuno¹ 

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hepatology, Geriatrics and Integrated Medicine, Nippon Medical School ²Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Yorii Hospital 

Assessment of ablative margin by Fusion Imaging combining contrast-enhanced ultrasonography with three-dimensional ultrasonography after radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hidekatsu Kuroda¹ Takayoshi Oikawa¹ Mio Onodera¹ Yoshinori Tatemichi¹ Kojiro Kataoka¹ Kei Sawara¹ Yasuhiro Miyamoto¹ Kanta Oikawa¹ Yasuhiro Takikawa¹ Kazuyuki Suzuki¹ 

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University 

Laparoscopic liver parenchymal transcetion using precoagulation technique with radio frequency ablation

Yasushi Hasegawa¹ Hiroyuki Nitta¹ Akira Sasaki¹ Takeshi Takahara¹ Masahiro Takahashi¹ Naoko Ito¹ Tomohiro Fujita¹ Daiki Takeda¹ Kenji Makabe¹ Go Wakabayashi¹ 

¹Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University 

Evaluation of laparoscopic liver resection using microwave pre-coagulation and soft-coagulation system

Akishige Kanazawa¹ Tadashi Tsukamoto¹ Sadatoshi Shimizu¹ Shintaro Kodai¹ Sadaaki Yamazoe¹ Go Ohira¹ Takayoshi Nakajima¹ Kiyohide Kioka² Yasuko Kawasaki² Takashi Nakai² 

¹Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital ²Department of Hepatology, Osaka City General Hospital 

Laparoscopic hepatectomy using the EnSeal^® bipolar sealer

Yuichiro Otsuka¹ Yoshihisa Kubota¹ Jun Ishii¹ Tetsuya Maeda¹ Toshio Katagiri¹ Masaru Tsuchiya¹ Akira Tamura¹ Hironori Kaneko¹ 

¹Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Department of Surgery, Toho University Faculty of Medicine 

Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery-hepatectomy (VATS-H) and laparoscopic hepatectomy (LH) using a bipolar radiofrequency device

Takeshi Aoki¹ Masahiko Murakami¹ Yuta Enami¹ Reiko Koike¹ Akira Fujimori¹ Tomotake Koizumi¹ Makoto Watanabe¹ Koji Otsuka¹ Takashi Kato¹ 

¹Department of Gastroenterological and General Surgery, School of Medicine, Showa University 

The laparoscopic hepatectomy for ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma controlled after transcatheter arterial embolization

Masaru Tsuchiya¹ Yuichiro Otsuka¹ Tetsuya Maeda¹ Jun Ishii¹ Yoshihisa Kubota¹ Akira Tamura¹ Toshio Katagiri¹ Hironori Kaneko¹ 

¹Department of general and gastroenterological surgery, Department of surgery (Omori), Toho University School of Medicine 

Effects of microwave tissue coagulation on postoperative complications in patients who underwent liver resection

Shouji Kubo¹ Shigekazu Takemura¹ Takahiro Uenishi¹ Chikaharu Sakata¹ Kazunori Ohata¹ Yorihisa Urata¹ Kazuhisa Kaneda¹ Masayuki Sakae¹ Takayoshi Nishioka¹ Akinori Nozawa¹ Satoshi Kiyota¹ Hiroji Shinkawa¹ 

¹Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine 

Microwave application to cholangioscopic treatment of diseases in the bile duct

Shigeaki Ino-u-e¹ Masaaki Endoh¹ Takashi Fukushima¹ Takao Itoh¹ Shoichi Shida¹ Hiromichi Nakachi¹ Katsuyoshi Tabuse¹ 

¹Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Aomori National Hospital ²Department of Surgery, Aomori City Hospital ³Itoh Clinic ⁴Kawakami Clinic ⁵Ginowann Memorial Hospital ⁶Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Osaka Minami Medical Center 

Endoscopic microwave coagulation therapy for central airway lesions

Takahiko Oyama¹ Tetsushi Suito² Hiroyuki Fujimoto¹ Manabu Yamamoto¹ Yoju Kameyama³ Sohei Nakayama³ Takashi Inoue⁴ 

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital ²Department of Internal Medicine, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital ³Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ibaraki Higashi Hospital ⁴Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sanokousei General Hospital 

Microwave antennas for intracavitary thermal therapy -Numerical calculations and animal experiment-

Koichi Ito¹ Kazuyuki Saito² 

¹Granduate School of Engineering, Chiba University ²Research Center for Frontier Medical Engineering, Chiba University 

Development of instruments to assist accurate puncture of liver tumors for MRI-guided microwave ablation -From a simple spacer to a motorized robot-

Shigehito Morikawa^1,2 Shigeyuki Naka¹ Hisanori Shiomi³ Hiroyuki Murayama³ Koichiro Murakami³ Tohru Tani³ Yoshimasa Kurumi⁴ Hasnine A. Haque⁵ Toshiro Inubushi² 

¹Department of Fundamental Nursing, Shiga University of Medical Science ²Biomedical MR Science Center, Shiga University of Medical Science ³Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science ⁴Department of Comprehensive Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science 

Usefulness of laparoscopy-assisted hepatectomy for pure laparoscopic hepatectomy

Yuta Minami¹ Hidenobu Masui¹ Mitsutaka Sugita¹ Ryo Takagawa¹ Kazutaka Narui¹ Tomoyuki Morita¹ Tadao Fukushima¹ Masatoshi Mogaki¹ Kaoru Nagahori¹ 

¹Department of Surgery, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital 

Usefulness of percutaneous low output microwave tissue coagulation therapy using needle electrode 1 mm in diameter for solitary liver cancer

Akihiro Sawamura¹ Takaoki Furukawa¹ Hideki Inoue¹ Takashi Iwata¹ Kazuma Shimura¹ 

¹Department of Surgery, Shimura Hospital 

Current status of thermal ablation for metastatic liver tumor in the modern era of new chemotherapy

Akira Chikamoto¹ Toru Beppu^1,2 Yuji Miyamoto¹ Masayuki Watanabe¹ Takatoshi Ishiko¹ Hideo Baba¹ 

¹Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University ²Department of Multidisciplinary Treatment for Gastroenterological Center, Kumamoto University Hospital 

Thoracoscopic radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma over the last decade

Takatoshi Ishiko¹ Toru Beppu¹ Akira Chikamoto¹ Koichi Doi¹ Hirohisa Okabe¹ Kousuke Mima¹ Shigeki Nakagawa¹ Hideyuki Kuroki¹ Yoshiaki Ikuta¹ Hiroshi Takamori¹ Hideo Baba¹ 

¹Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Faculty of Life Science, Kumamoto University 

Application of microwave tissue coagulator in laparoscopic hepatectomy for the patients with liver cirrhosis

Jun Ishii¹ Yuichiro Otsuka¹ Masaru Tsuchiya¹ Yoshihisa Kubota¹ Toshio Katagiri¹ Tetsuya Maeda¹ Akira Tamura¹ Hironori Kaneko¹ 

¹Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Department of Surgery (Omori), Toho University School of Medicine 

Significance of simultaneous laparoscopic cholcystectomy in thermal ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma located adjacent to gallbladder

Hiroya Iida¹ Tsukasa Aihara¹ Shinichi Ikuta¹ Hidenori Yoshie¹ Ryo Okamoto¹ Naohito Beppu¹ Munefumi Tomomatsu¹ Akihiro Maeda¹ Humihiko Kimura¹ Masahiro Kishimoto¹ Hidenori Yanaghi¹ Ayako Kakuno² Naoki Yamanaka¹ 

¹Department of Surgery, Meiwa Hospital ²Department of Pathology, Meiwa Hospital 

Laparoscopic and thoracoscopic thermal ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma

Koichi Doi¹ Toru Beppu^1,2 Takatoshi Ishiko¹ Akira Chikamoto¹ Toshiro Masuda¹ Hideyuki Tanaka¹ Masafumi Kuramoto¹ Hideo Baba¹ 

¹Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University ²Department of multidisciplinary in gastroenterological cancer, Kumamoto University hospital 

Microwave-induced hyperthermia and microwave tissue coagulation for bladder cancer patients

Teruaki Kigure¹ Kouki Nakata¹ Yasuhiro Yuri² Tadashi Harada³ Shigeru Miyagata³ Nobuo Fujieda⁴ Daisuke Koh⁵ Kazumi Etori⁵ 

¹Department of Urology, Noshiroyamamoto Medical Association Hospital ²Department of Urology, Seirei Yokohama Hospital ³Department of Urology, Nakadori General Hospital ⁴Department of Urology, Seiwa Hospital ⁵Department of Urology, Seirei Numazu Hospital 

Microwave thermal therapy in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatic cancer

Teruaki Kigure¹ Kouki Nakata¹ Yasuhiro Yuri² Tadashi Harada³ Shigeru Miyagata³ Nobuo Fujieda⁴ Daisuke Koh⁵ Kazumi Etori⁵ 

¹Department of Urology, Noshiroyamamoto Medical Association Hospital ²Department of Urology, Seirei Yokohama Hospital ³Department of Urology, Nakadori General Hospital ⁴Department of Urology, Seiwa Hospital ⁵Department of Urology, Seirei Numazu Hospital 

Clinical experience of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of renal cell carcinoma

Hideo Fukuhara¹ Keiji Inoue¹ Takashi Karashima¹ Tarao Shuin¹ 

¹Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School 

Therapeutic outcomes and postoperative courses in microwave endometrial ablation for menorrhagia

Masahiko Ishikawa¹ Kayo Katayama² Hiroshi Yoshida² Fumiki Hirahara³ 

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamato Municipal Hospital ²Department of Gynecology, Yokohama City University Medical Center ³Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine 

Application of microwave ablation at a frequency of 2.45 GHz to the uterus : Present and future

Yasushi Kanaoka¹ 

¹Department of Gynecology, Iseikai Hospital