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. 2016 Nov 28;22(44):9661–9673. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i44.9661

Table 4.

Summary of studies concerning irreversible ablation

Authors Number of patients Lesion Location Treatment type Approach Needle Mean treatment duration Conclusion
Bagla et al[72] 1 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma Body-tail Irreversible electroporation Percutaneous with US and CT 22 G - Percutaneous IRE showed promise as a feasible and potentially safe method for unresectable tumor
Martin et al[73] 27 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma 15 head + 12 body-tail Irreversible electroporation 1 percutaneous + 26 surgical - - IRE ablation is safe and feasible as a primary local treatment in unresectable locally advanced disease
Narayanan et al[10] 14 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma 6 head + 1 uncinated process + 7 body-tail Irreversible electroporation Percutaneous with CT - - Percutaneous IRE in pancreatic adenocarcinoma is feasible and safe
Månsson et al[11] 24 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma 19 head + 5 body-tail Irreversible electroporation Percutaneous with US - - Percutaneous IRE is reasonably safe and shows promising results for efficacy

US: Ultrasound; CT: Computed tomography; IRE: Irreversible electroporation.