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REVOLUTION IN MEDICINE

REVOLUTION IN MEDICINE. RADIO FREQUENCY ABLATION. THE USES. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a new technique used to treat benign and malignant liver, bone, lung and kidney tumors, often without the long incisions traditionally used in liver tumor ablation .

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REVOLUTION IN MEDICINE

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  1. REVOLUTION IN MEDICINE RADIO FREQUENCY ABLATION

  2. THE USES • Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a new technique used to treat benign and malignant liver, bone, lung and kidney tumors, often without the long incisions traditionally used in liver tumor ablation. • RFA is also used to treat sever pains in the neck ,spinal cord, knees due to osteoartheritis. • It is also used to treat vericose veins.

  3. HOW RFA WORKS ? • RFA combines the advantages of improved technology and minimally invasive surgery to give patients another option for treatment of liver tumors • Radiofrequency ablation uses alternating current (electricity) delivered through a specially designed probe that is directed into the liver tumor using ultrasound or CT scan guidance. • The probe allows the electric current to pass into the tumor, while the surrounding tissues (skin, muscle and blood vessels) are not affected. • The electric current generates heat which causes death of tumor cells. After the tumor cells are destroyed, the tumor will eventually be replaced by scar tissue.

  4. RADIO FREQUENCY PROBE & ULTRA SOUND PROBES into the liver. This is to treat the tumor in liver.

  5. THE INSTRUMENT USED.

  6. WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF RFA? Radiofrequency ablation has many advantages over other ablation techniques, including:  • More effective tumor destruction • Fewer complications • Can be performed laparoscopically in most patients • Usually requires only one treatment session • Allows for faster recovery • On average, patients who undergo RFA spend two or three days in the hospital following surgery. While RFA can be repeated, this is rarely necessary.

  7. IS RFA A GOOD CHOICE FOR ME? • Radiofrequency ablation is not for everyone. If you have severe portal hypertension, a very large tumor or your tumor has spread outside of the liver, the risk of undergoing RFA may outweigh the potential benefit. Only your doctors can determine if RFA is right for you. 

  8. TO TREAT PAIN DUE TO OSTEOARTHRITIS IN KNEES

  9. TO TREAT PAIN DUE TO OSTEOARTHRITIS IN SPINAL CORD

  10. TREATING VERICOSE VEINS

  11. WHAT IT DOES ? • It actually stops the particular nerve from sending the pain sensation to the brain in case of the treatment of pain relief. • In case of Liver, kidney, lung and bone the tumor is burnt without any harm done to the other parts of the organ. • In case of vericose veins it closes the veins which are affected.

  12. MADE BY SATWIK UPADHYAY 7-B NAVRANGPURA

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