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World J Gastrointest Surg. Oct 27, 2026; 18(10): 122889
Published online Oct 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.122889
Published online Oct 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.122889
Efficacy and safety of thermal ablation for large hepatic caudate lobe hemangioma
Li Xu, Rui-Ze Gao, Shu-Ying Dong, Jian Kong, Chang-Yu Yao, Shi-Lun Wu, Shan Ke, Jun Gao, Shao-Hong Wang, Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 100043, China
Zhi-Ting Zhou, Alberta Institute, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang Province, China
Co-first authors: Li Xu and Rui-Ze Gao.
Co-corresponding authors: Jun Gao and Shao-Hong Wang.
Author contributions: Gao J and Wang SH designed and conducted the study, have played important and indispensable roles in the experimental design, data interpretation and manuscript preparation as the co-corresponding authors; Xu L and Gao RZ wrote the paper, have made crucial and indispensable contributions towards the completion of the project and thus qualified as the co-first authors of the paper; Zhou ZT contributed to the analysis; Dong SY, Kong J, Yao CY, Wu SL and Ke S were responsible for data curation; Wang SH supervised the study.
AI contribution statement: No AI tool was involved in the generation of research data, interpretation of results, or formulation of conclusions.
Supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation, No. 7222069.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital.
Informed consent statement: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at shaohong.wang@ccmu.edu.cn.
Corresponding author: Shao-Hong Wang, PhD, Professor, Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 5 Jingyuan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100043, China. shaohong.wang@ccmu.edu.cn
Received: May 8, 2026
Revised: June 14, 2026
Accepted: June 30, 2026
Published online: October 27, 2026
Processing time: 165 Days and 6.2 Hours
Revised: June 14, 2026
Accepted: June 30, 2026
Published online: October 27, 2026
Processing time: 165 Days and 6.2 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Thermal ablation using an integrated strategy (laparoscopic and computed tomography-guided approaches with microwave or radiofrequency ablation) is a safe, feasible, and effective minimally invasive treatment for large hepatic caudate lobe hemangiomas, achieving 100% technical success and clinical response rates with only minor, self-limited adverse events.