Comparative study between Radifrequency Thermal Ablation (RFA), Percutanous Ethanol Injection (PEI) and Percutanous Acetic acid injection (PAI) in Treatment of HCC

This study was performed on 78 patients having liver cirrhosis with 91 focal hepatic lesions detected by ultrasound and proved histopathologically to be HCC by ultrasound guided biopsy and/or fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). They were 70 males and 8 females their ages ranged between 37 and 75 years old. Patients were classified into three groups, Group A was formed of 32 patients with 37 focal lesions where they received RFA. Group B encountered 25 patients with 26 focal lesions and they received PAI. Group C included 21 patients with 28 focal lesions were treated by PEI. Complete ablation was assessed by…