The effect of percutaneous ethanol injection therapy on small solitary hepatocellular carcinoma is comparable to that of hepatectomy. - Concepedia

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The effect of percutaneous ethanol injection therapy on small solitary hepatocellular carcinoma is comparable to that of hepatectomy.

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1994

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Kazuhiro Kotoh, Hiromi Sakai, Shinichi Sakamoto, Sugashi Nakayama, Manabu Satoh, I. Morotomi, H Nawata

Abstract

Our results showed that the efficacy of hepatectomy and the efficacy percutaneous ethanol injection therapy for small solitary HCC were similar. However, percutaneous ethanol injection therapy was safer and less expensive than hepatectomy.