Adenoma

2023: The Sklifosovsky Institute began to use a new method of removing adenomas

In February 2023, it became known that the Sklifosovsky Institute began to use a new method of removing adenomas. We are talking about radio frequency ablation technology. The device involved in the operation "actually" burns out "the tumor using a current that is supplied to the center of the affected tissue through the electrode," said Yuri Teterin, head of the department of endoscopy and intraluminal surgery at the N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute.

This is a completely new endoscopic equipment that is only entering Russian hospitals. Initially, it was created to remove malignant tumors from the intestinal lumens and bile ducts. However, specialists from the Sklifosovsky Research Institute used equipment to remove benign formations - the experience turned out to be positive, opening up new opportunities for the treatment of patients with adenomas, he said.

The Sklifosovsky Institute began to use the method of removing adenomas using current

Doctors used the new method during the operation of a 61-year-old woman. During the examination, doctors found benign tumors in the patient - adenomas in the lumens of the bile ducts. Due to their inaccessibility, open surgery was impossible, so doctors applied a non-standard surgical approach to treatment, using the latest generation of endoscopic equipment.

As Yuri Teterin noted, due to the inaccessible location of tumors, open surgery is associated with a risk: there is a possibility of death or that the patient will receive a disability. Therefore, experts used a device that works on the basis of the radio frequency ablation method.

The removal of benign tumors in the bile duct lumens was successful. The use of the minimally invasive method contributed to faster recovery of the patient after surgery and reduced the risk of complications. A control examination 4 months later showed that the lumens of the ducts remained clean.^[1]

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