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Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Chemodectomas in Five Dogs

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dc.creator Sánchez Salguero, Xavier
dc.creator Gómez Ochoa, Pablo
dc.creator Alférez, María Dolores
dc.creator de Blas, Ignacio
dc.creator Fernendes, Telmo
dc.creator Balañá, Beatriz
dc.creator Meléndez Lazoq, Antonio
dc.creator Barbero Fernandez, Alicia
dc.creator Caivano, Domenico
dc.creator Corda, Francesca
dc.creator Corda, Andrea
dc.date 2021
dc.date.accessioned 2025-11-03T12:14:20Z
dc.date.available 2025-11-03T12:14:20Z
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11102790
dc.identifier 2076-2615
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/84184
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/23656
dc.description Chemodectomas are low prevalence tumors with complex clinical management. Many present as an incidental finding however, in other dogs, they produce pericardial effusion and/or compression, leading to the appearance of severe clinical signs. There are currently several approaches: surgery, radiotherapy, stent placement and chemotherapy. This is the first description of percutaneous echo-guided radiofrequency ablation of aortic body tumors. This minimally invasive treatment is based on high frequency alternating electrical currents from an electrode that produces ionic agitation and generates frictional heat, causing coagulation necrosis. Five dogs with an echocardiographic and cytological diagnosis of chemodectoma underwent percutaneous echo-guided radiofrequency ablation. At the time of presentation, all the dogs showed clinical signs, such as ascites and/or collapse. There were no complications either during the procedure or in the following 24 hours. Rapid clinical improvement associated with a reduction in size and change in sonographic appearance of the mass were achieved with no complications. Six months follow-up was carried out in all dogs. A second percutaneous echo-guided RFA was performed eight months after the first procedure in one dog. Based on our experience, radiofrequency ablation seems to be a feasible and safe technique, making it a potential alternative therapeutic approach in the clinical management of aortic body tumors leading to severe clinical compromise.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.relation Reproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11102790
dc.relation Animals, 2021, núm. 11, 2790
dc.rights cc-by (c) Pablo Gómez Ochoa et.al., 2021
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject Thermal ablation
dc.subject Radiofrequency ablation
dc.subject Chemodectoma
dc.subject Aortic body tumor
dc.subject Ultrasound guidance
dc.subject Canine
dc.title Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Chemodectomas in Five Dogs
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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