Improvement of ablative margins by the intraoperative use of CEUS-CT/MR image fusion in hepatocellular carcinoma

BMC Cancer

Research Article

Jin-Xiu Ju¹  Zhong-Zhen Su¹  Er-Jiao Xu¹  Rong-Qin Zheng¹  Kai Li¹  Xiao-Chun Meng² 

[1] Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, 510630,, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, PR China;Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, 510630,, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, PR China;

关键词: Hepatocellular carcinoma;    Ablative margin;    Image fusion;    Intraoperative;    Contrast-enhanced ultrasound;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12885-016-2306-1

 received in 2015-08-14, accepted in 2016-04-07,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundTo assess whether intraoperative use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)-CT/MR image fusion can accurately evaluate ablative margin (AM) and guide supplementary ablation to improve AM after hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ablation.MethodsNinety-eight patients with 126 HCCs designated to undergo thermal ablation treatment were enrolled in this prospective study. CEUS-CT/MR image fusion was performed intraoperatively to evaluate whether 5-mm AM was covered by the ablative area. If possible, supplementary ablation was applied at the site of inadequate AM. The CEUS image quality, the time used for CEUS-CT/MR image fusion and the success rate of image fusion were recorded. Local tumor progression (LTP) was observed during follow-up. Clinical factors including AM were examined to identify risk factors for LTP.ResultsThe success rate of image fusion was 96.2 % (126/131), and the duration required for image fusion was 4.9 ± 2.0 (3–13) min. The CEUS image quality was good in 36.1 % (53/147) and medium in 63.9 % (94/147) of the cases. By supplementary ablation, 21.8 % (12/55) of lesions with inadequate AMs became adequate AMs. During follow-up, there were 5 LTPs in lesions with inadequate AMs and 1 LTP in lesions with adequate AMs. Multivariate analysis showed that AM was the only independent risk factor for LTP (hazard ratio, 9.167; 95 % confidence interval, 1.070–78.571; p = 0.043).ConclusionCEUS-CT/MR image fusion is feasible for intraoperative use and can serve as an accurate method to evaluate AMs and guide supplementary ablation to lower inadequate AMs.

【 授权许可】

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© Li et al. 2016