NCT01471080

A Prospective Controlled Study on Treatment of Giant Cavernous Hemangiomas of the Liver

A Prospective Controlled Study on Treatment of Giant Cavernous Hemangiomas of the Liver：RFA Versus Laparoscopic Hepatectomy.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 140 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Southwest Hospital, China · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In the past, the investigators often treated giant cavernous hemangiomas of the liver by hepatectomy.Recently RFA and laparoscopic hepatectomy are also available and could be applied to cure this disease.But we can't get a clear answer about their effectiveness and safety. Hence the investigators conduct this study to explore the effectiveness and efficiency of the these two methods and compare their short to mid-term outcomes.

Conditions

• Laparoscopic Hepatectomy
• Radio-frequency Ablation
• Giant Cavernous Hemangiomas
• Liver

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	RFA	using RFA to treat cavernous hemangiomas
PROCEDURE	hepatectomy	using hepatectomy to treat cavernous hemangiomas

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-11-01
• Primary completion: 2013-10-01
• Completion: 2014-01-01
• First posted: 2011-11-11
• Last updated: 2014-07-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China