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radioablation (photodynamic ablation)
Ablation of tissue with radiofrequency radiation.
Indications:
1) *tumor ablation for non-resectable cancers
2) cardiac radioablation
- ablation of cardiac conduction system anomalies
- radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation
- pulse field ablation for atrial fibrillation [2]
3) volume reduction of tongue base for obstructive sleep apnea
Pathology:
- results in coagulation necrosis
Radiology: performed in association with imaging guidance.
Complications:
- cardiac radioablation may be complicated by pericardial tamponade
- results from perforation of myocardium
- bedside echocardiography confirms diagnosis
- management includes pericardiocentesis
Specific
cardiac radioablation (photodynamic cardiac ablation)
radioablation for obstructive sleep apnea
radioablation of renal neoplasm
radioablation, tongue
radioactive iodine-131 (I-131) ablation
radiofrequency catheter ablation
General
ablation; extirpation
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Ekanem E et al
Safety of pulsed field ablation in more than 17,000 patients with
atrial fibrillation in the MANIFEST-17K study.
Nat Med. 2024 Jul 8.
PMID: 38977913
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03114-3
- Radiofrequency Ablation: Cooking Tumors with Needles
http://www.cc.nih.gov/drd/rfa/