This is a partial list of papers published by the UW Liver Ablation Group. Papers regarding cardiac ablation are available at http://rf-ablation.engr.wisc.edu.
Cha, C.H., et al., CT versus sonography for monitoring radiofrequency ablation in a porcine liver. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 2000. 175(3): p. 705-11.
Cha, C., et al., Rationale for the combination of cryoablation with surgical resection of hepatic tumors. J Gastrointest Surg, 2001. 5(2): p. 206-13.
Chinn, S.B., et al., Effect of vascular occlusion on radiofrequency ablation of the liver: results in a porcine model. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 2001. 176(3): p. 789-95.
Haemmerich, D., et al., Hepatic bipolar radio-frequency ablation between separated multiprong electrodes. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 2001. 48(10): p. 1145-52.
Haemmerich, D., Ozkan, O., Tsai, J.-Z., Staelin, S., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Mahvi, D.M., and Webster, J.G., Changes of electrical resistivity of swine liver after occlusion and postmortem, Biomed. Eng. Comp., 48, 29-33, 2002
Haemmerich, D., Lee, F.T.jr., Wright, A.W., Mahvi, D.M., and Webster, J.G., Multiple Probe Hepatic Radio-Frequency Ablation: ex-vivo experiments in the porcine model, Proceedings EMBC 2001, Istanbul, 2001.
Lee, F., et al., US-guided percutaneous cryoablation of prostate cancer. Radiology, 1994. 192(3): p. 769-76.
Lee, F.T., Jr., et al., Hepatic cryosurgery with intraoperative US guidance. Radiology, 1997. 202(3): p. 624-32.
Lee, F.T., Jr., et al., CT-monitored percutaneous cryoablation in a pig liver model: pilot study. Radiology, 1999. 211(3): p. 687-92.
Lee, F.T., Jr., et al., Hepatic cryosurgery via minilaparotomy in a porcine model: an alternative to open cryosurgery. Surg Endosc, 1999. 13(3): p. 253-9.
Lee, F.T., Jr. and D.M. Mahvi, The author replies. Surg Endosc, 2000. 14(2): p. 208-9.
Mahvi, D.M. and F.T. Lee, Jr., Radiofrequency ablation of hepatic malignancies: is heat better than cold? Ann Surg, 1999. 230(1): p. 9-11.
Nakada, S.Y., et al., Laparoscopic renal cryotherapy in swine: comparison of puncture cryotherapy preceded by arterial embolization and contact cryotherapy. J Endourol, 1998. 12(6): p. 567-73.
Nakada, S.Y., et al., Laparoscopic cryosurgery of the kidney in the porcine model: an acute histological study. Urology, 1998. 51(5A Suppl): p. 161-6.
Tungjitkusolmun, S., Staelin, S., Haemmerich, D., Cao, H., Tsai, J.-Z., Cao, H., Webster, J.G., Lee, F.T., Mahvi, D.M., Vorperian, V.R., Three-dimensional finite element analyses for radio-frequency hepatic tumor ablation, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 49, 3-9, 2002.
Weber, S.M., et al., Perivascular and intralesional tissue necrosis after hepatic cryoablation: results in a porcine model. Surgery, 1997. 122(4): p. 742-7.
Weber, S.M., et al., Hepatic cryoablation: US monitoring of extent of necrosis in normal pig liver. Radiology, 1998. 207(1): p. 73-7.
Weber, S.M., et al., Survival after resection of multiple hepatic colorectal metastases. Ann Surg Oncol, 2000. 7(9): p. 643-50.