Microwave coagulo-necrotic therapy for Hepatocellular carcinoma

Postoperative complication of abscess formation

Abstract

99 patients were operated on between January 1988 and September 1991 for Microwave coagulo-necrotic therapy (AWN). Before, we were reported as complication of MCN that occured very few. But sometime we have experience of severe complication after MCN, Recently 7 patients (7, 1%) have abscess formation after MCN, These abscess should atendency to increase, maximam tumor size were more large size. And we have only 2 patients that positive result of bacteria examination of abcess. We considerated these abscess depended quantity of necrotic tissue due to MCN. Almost every patient have got well within 1 month by drainage of abscess. At that time, 95% ethanol was very useful for reduse of size of abscess.