Laparoscopic repair of diaphragmatic hernia associating with radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report

Table 1 The background and the details of radiofrequency ablation in the reported cases

Case	Ref.	Age	Sex	Underlying liver disease	Child-Pugh classification	Tumor location (size)	Guiding modality	Artificial ascites/pleural effusion	Type of needle	The number of RFA
1	Koda et al[8], 2003	61	F	HB	B	S6, S8 (15 mm, 10 mm, 25 mm)	Sonography	None	Expandable	2
2	Shibuya et al[9], 2006	72	M	AH	NA	S4/S8 (28 mm)	Sonography	None	Expandable	2
3	di Francesco et al[10], 2008	49	M	AH and HC	NA	S8 (54 mm)	NA	None	Cool-tip	1
4	Yamagami et al[12], 2011	71	F	HC	B	S7 (24 mm)	CT	None	Cool-tip	1
5	Singh et al[11], 2011	46	F	AH and HB	A	S2/S3, S5/S8 (17 mm, 18 mm)	Sonography	None	Cool-tip	1
6	Kim et al[13], 2013	61	M	AH	A	S5, S8 (13 mm, 11 mm)	Sonography	None	Cool-tip	2
7	Zhou et al[14], 2013	61	F	HB	NA	S8 (15 mm)	NA	NA	NA	1
8	Nakamura et al[15], 2014	81	M	HC	NA	S4, S8 (19 mm, 24 mm)	Sonography	None	Cool-tip	1
9	Nomura et al[16], 2014	62	M	HC	C	S8 (21 mm)	Sonography	None	Cool-tip	1
10	Saito et al[17], 2015	81	M	HC	C	S3, S5, S5/S8, S8 (NA)	NA	NA	NA	3
11	Abe et al[18], 2016	72	F	HC	B	S5 (NA)	NA	NA	NA	Several times
12	Nagasu et al[19], 2017	49	M	AH	A	S4 (17 mm)	Sonography	None	Cool-tip	Several times
13	Nagasu et al[19], 2017	79	F	HC	B	S8 (19 mm)	Sonography	None	Cool-tip	Several times
14	Nagasu et al[19], 2017	68	M	HC	C	S8 (26 mm)	CT	None	Expandable	1
15	Nagasu et al[19], 2017	70	F	HC	C	S6 (23 mm)	Sonography	None	Cool-tip	1
16	Nagasu et al[19], 2017	65	M	HC	B	S8 (21 mm)	Sonography	None	Cool-tip	1
17	Nagasu et al[19], 2017	76	F	HC	A	S8 (20 mm)	Sonography	None	Cool-tip	Several times
18	Morito et al[20], 2021	78	M	HC	NA	S6/S7, S8 (NA)	Thoracoscopic	Artificial pleural effusion	NA	2
19	Ushijima et al[21], 2021	82	M	HC	B	S6, S4/S5, S8 (NA)	NA	NA	NA	3
20	Current case	83	F	AIH	B	S8 (20 mm)	Sonography	Artificial pleural effusion	Expandable	2

F: Female; M: Male; RFA: Radiofrequency ablation; HB: Hepatitis B; AH: Alcoholic hepatitis; HC: Hepatitis C; AIH: Autoimmune hepatitis; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; CM: Conservative management; CT: Computed tomography; OS: Open surgery; LS: Laparoscopic surgery; NA: Not available.