According to the literature, the purpose of the study was to evaluate safety, time to recurrence, and overall survival in patients with liver metastases, treated with transarterial chemoembolization (tace) followed by ablation from august 1998 to september 2015.They used multiple ablation techniques and devices wherein one of which, included radio frequency ablation system with cool-tip.There were 42 patients treated for 44 liver metastases.Complications occurred in 19 patients (45%).Major complications occurred in 19% of patients and included 2 patients were hospitalized for fever (grade c), 3 patients had hepatic abscess and 1 patient for each of the following complications: fall requiring transfusion, portal vein thrombus causing lobar infarct, biliary fistula, and retroperitoneal hematoma.
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