RITA Starburst Radiofrequency Ablation System
The only thermal – based ablation system with real time tissue monitoring at the margin of the ablation. Real time temperature ensures predictable volumes of tissue are ablated and provides the lowest local recurrence rates of the major RF ablation devices available to treat patients.
(Ann Surg Oncol, 2006) Radiofrequency Interstitial Tissue Ablation (RITA or RFA) is a minimally invasive procedure in which a thin needle electrode is inserted into an unresectable liver lesion under UTZ or CT guidance. Electrical energy is delivered through the electrode to the lesion which produces heat within the cells to the lesion, as well as margin around it, are heated beyond the lethal threshold (53⁰C), The procedure is complete (approximately II minutes for a 4cm ablation zone.)
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*Patients with metastatic cancer. Data supports that when used in conjunction with traditional chemotherapy in patients with unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer, RFA can help to extend the patient’s survival (The Cancer J., 2007)
*Patients with Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) or Primary Liver Cancer: In patients that unresectable Primary Liver Cancer (HCC) RFA is listed as a standard of care (sem Liver Dis, 1999)
RFA can also be used in conjunction with other modalities such as embolization or chemo-embolization to bridge patients to transplant or extend patient survival when transplant is not an option. (Hepatology, 2010)