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Infectious Complications of Cryoablation and Microwave Ablation in Metastatic Solid Tumors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2018

Ashish Bhargava ,
Harsha V. Banavasi  and
Pranatharthi H. Chandrasekar
Ashish Bhargava*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, St John Hospital and Medical Center, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan
Harsha V. Banavasi
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Karmanos Cancer Center, Detroit, Michigan
Pranatharthi H. Chandrasekar
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Karmanos Cancer Center, Detroit, Michigan
*
Address correspondence to Ashish Bhargava MD, FACP, 19251 Mack Ave, Suite 340, Gross Pointe Woods, MI, 48236 (ashish.bhargava@ascension.org).
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Abstract

Cryoablation and microwave ablation are commonly used techniques to reduce tumor burden in unresectable neoplasms. This retrospective study demonstrated low risk for infectious complications (1.4%) following these invasive procedures. Abscess formation was the most common infection around the ablation sites. All infections were successfully treated with imaging-guided drainage and antibiotics.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:723–726

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 6 , June 2018 , pp. 723 - 726
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. Preliminary data of this study were presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society (ID Week) on October 2-6, 2013 in San Francisco, CA (abstract 1560).

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