Successful Percutaneous Endobiliary Radiofrequency Ablation for Unresectable Malignant Biliary Obstruction: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Siegel R., Naishadham D., Jemal A., Cancer statistics, 2013, CA Cancer J Clin, 63, 1, pp. 11-30, (2013)

Gurusamy K.S., Kumar S., Davidson BR Prophylactic gastrojejunostomy for unresectable periampullary carcinoma, Cochrane Database Syst Rev., 10, (2010)

Yeo C.J., Sohn T.A., Cameron J.L., Hruban R.H., Lillemoe K.D., Pitt H.A., Periampullary adenocarcinoma: analysis of 5-year survivors, Ann Surg, 227, 6, pp. 821-831, (1998)

Onkendi E.O., Boostrom S.Y., Sarr M.G., Farnell M.B., Nagorney D.M., Donohue J.H., Kendrick M.L., Reid-Lombardo K.M., Harmsen W.S., Que F.G., 15-year experience with surgical treatment of duodenal carcinoma: a comparison of periampullary and extra-ampullary duodenal carcinomas, J Gastrointest Surg, 16, 4, pp. 682-691, (2012)

Michelassi F., Erroi F., Dawson P.J., Pietrabissa A., Noda S., Handcock M., Et al., Experience with 647 consecutive tumors of the duodenum, ampulla, head of the pancreas, and distal common bile duct, Annals of Surgery, 210, 4, pp. 544-554, (1989)

Marsh Rde W., Alonzo M., Bajaj S., Baker M., Elton E., Farrell T.A., Gore R.M., Hall C., Nowak J., Roy H., Shaikh A., Talamonti M.S., Comprehensive review of the diagnosis and treatment of biliary tract cancer 2012. Part II: multidisciplinary management, J Surg Oncol., 106, 3, pp. 339-345, (2012)

Shepherd H.A., Royle G., Ross A.P., Et al., Endoscopic biliary endoprosthesis in the palliation of malignant obstruction of the distal common bile duct: a randomized trial, Br J Surg, 75, pp. 1166-1168, (1988)

Cho Y.K., Kim J.K., Kim M.Y., Et al., Systematic review of randomized trials for hepatocellular carcinoma treated with percutaneous ablation therapies, Hepatology, 49, pp. 453-459, (2009)

Mulier S., Ruers T., Jamart J., Et al., Radiofrequency ablation versus resection for resectable colorectal liver metastases: time for a randomized trial? An update, Dig Surg, 25, pp. 445-460, (2008)

Steel A.W., Postgate A.J., Khorsandi S., Nicholls J., Jiao L., Vlavianos P., Habib N., Westaby D., Endoscopically applied radiofrequency ablation appears to be safe in the treatment of malignant biliary obstruction, Gastrointest Endosc, 73, 1, pp. 149-153, (2011)

Siegel R., Naishadham D., Jemal A., Cancer statistics, 2013, CA Cancer J Clin, 63, 1, pp. 11-30, (2013)

Gurusamy K.S., Kumar S., Davidson BR Prophylactic gastrojejunostomy for unresectable periampullary carcinoma, Cochrane Database Syst Rev., 10, (2010)

Yeo C.J., Sohn T.A., Cameron J.L., Hruban R.H., Lillemoe K.D., Pitt H.A., Periampullary adenocarcinoma: analysis of 5-year survivors, Ann Surg, 227, 6, pp. 821-831, (1998)

Onkendi E.O., Boostrom S.Y., Sarr M.G., Farnell M.B., Nagorney D.M., Donohue J.H., Kendrick M.L., Reid-Lombardo K.M., Harmsen W.S., Que F.G., 15-year experience with surgical treatment of duodenal carcinoma: a comparison of periampullary and extra-ampullary duodenal carcinomas, J Gastrointest Surg, 16, 4, pp. 682-691, (2012)

Michelassi F., Erroi F., Dawson P.J., Pietrabissa A., Noda S., Handcock M., Et al., Experience with 647 consecutive tumors of the duodenum, ampulla, head of the pancreas, and distal common bile duct, Annals of Surgery, 210, 4, pp. 544-554, (1989)

Marsh Rde W., Alonzo M., Bajaj S., Baker M., Elton E., Farrell T.A., Gore R.M., Hall C., Nowak J., Roy H., Shaikh A., Talamonti M.S., Comprehensive review of the diagnosis and treatment of biliary tract cancer 2012. Part II: multidisciplinary management, J Surg Oncol., 106, 3, pp. 339-345, (2012)

Shepherd H.A., Royle G., Ross A.P., Et al., Endoscopic biliary endoprosthesis in the palliation of malignant obstruction of the distal common bile duct: a randomized trial, Br J Surg, 75, pp. 1166-1168, (1988)

Cho Y.K., Kim J.K., Kim M.Y., Et al., Systematic review of randomized trials for hepatocellular carcinoma treated with percutaneous ablation therapies, Hepatology, 49, pp. 453-459, (2009)

Mulier S., Ruers T., Jamart J., Et al., Radiofrequency ablation versus resection for resectable colorectal liver metastases: time for a randomized trial? An update, Dig Surg, 25, pp. 445-460, (2008)

Steel A.W., Postgate A.J., Khorsandi S., Nicholls J., Jiao L., Vlavianos P., Habib N., Westaby D., Endoscopically applied radiofrequency ablation appears to be safe in the treatment of malignant biliary obstruction, Gastrointest Endosc, 73, 1, pp. 149-153, (2011)