Percutaneous ablation of pancreatic cancer

Table 4 Summary of studies concerning irreversible ablation

Authors	Number of patients	Lesion	Location	Treatment type	Approach	Needle	Mean treatment duration	Conclusion
Bagla et al[72]	1	Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	Body-tail	Irreversible electroporation	Percutaneous with US and CT	22 G	-	Percutaneous IRE showed promise as a feasible and potentially safe method for unresectable tumor
Martin et al[73]	27	Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	15 head + 12 body-tail	Irreversible electroporation	1 percutaneous + 26 surgical	-	-	IRE ablation is safe and feasible as a primary local treatment in unresectable locally advanced disease
Narayanan et al[10]	14	Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	6 head + 1 uncinated process + 7 body-tail	Irreversible electroporation	Percutaneous with CT	-	-	Percutaneous IRE in pancreatic adenocarcinoma is feasible and safe
Månsson et al[11]	24	Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	19 head + 5 body-tail	Irreversible electroporation	Percutaneous with US	-	-	Percutaneous IRE is reasonably safe and shows promising results for efficacy

US: Ultrasound; CT: Computed tomography; IRE: Irreversible electroporation.