TY - JOUR
T1 - Irreversible electroporation of the lumbar vertebrae in a porcine model
T2 - Is there clinical-pathologic evidence of neural toxicity?
AU - Tam, Alda L.
AU - Abdelsalam, Mohamed E.
AU - Gagea, Mihai
AU - Ensor, Joe E.
AU - Moussa, Marwan
AU - Ahmed, Muneeb
AU - Nahum Goldberg, S.
AU - Dixon, Katherine
AU - McWatters, Amanda
AU - Miller, Jennifer J.
AU - Srimathveeravalli, Govindarajan
AU - Solomon, Stephen B.
AU - Avritscher, Rony
AU - Wallace, Michael J.
AU - Gupta, Sanjay
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - Purpose: To evaluate the effects of irreversible electroporation (IRE) in the porcine spine. Materials and Methods: This study was approved by the institutional animal care and use committee. Twenty computed tomographically guided IRE ablations in either a transpedicular location or directly over the posterior cortex were performed in the lumbar vertebrae of 10 pigs by a single operator. T1- and T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was performed with and without contrast material 2 or 7 days after ablation. Mathematical modeling was performed to estimate the extent of ablation. Clinical, radiologic, pathologic, and simulation findings were analyzed. The Miller low-bias back transformation was used to construct 95% confidence intervals for the mean absolute percentage difference between the maximum length and width of the ablation zone on MR images and pathologic measurements by using square-root-transformed data. Results: Bipolar IRE electrode placement and ablation were successful in all cases. The mean distances from the IRE electrode to the posterior wall of the vertebral body or the exiting nerve root were 2.93 mm ± 0.77 (standard deviation) and 7.87 mm ± 1.99, respectively. None of the animals had neurologic deficits. Well-delineated areas of necrosis of bone, bone marrow, and skeletal muscle adjacent to the vertebral body were present. Histopathologic changes showed outcomes that matched with simulation-estimated ablation zones. The percentage absolute differences in the ablation measurements between MR imaging and histopathologic examination showed the following average errors: 24.2% for length and 28.8% for width measurements on T2-weighted images, and 26.1% for length and 33.3% for width measurements on T1-weighted contrast material - enhanced images. Conclusion: IRE ablation in the porcine spine is feasible and safe and produces localized necrosis with minimal neural toxicity. Signal intensity changes on images acquired with standard MR imaging sequences demonstrate the ablation zone to be larger than that at histopathologic examination.
AB - Purpose: To evaluate the effects of irreversible electroporation (IRE) in the porcine spine. Materials and Methods: This study was approved by the institutional animal care and use committee. Twenty computed tomographically guided IRE ablations in either a transpedicular location or directly over the posterior cortex were performed in the lumbar vertebrae of 10 pigs by a single operator. T1- and T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was performed with and without contrast material 2 or 7 days after ablation. Mathematical modeling was performed to estimate the extent of ablation. Clinical, radiologic, pathologic, and simulation findings were analyzed. The Miller low-bias back transformation was used to construct 95% confidence intervals for the mean absolute percentage difference between the maximum length and width of the ablation zone on MR images and pathologic measurements by using square-root-transformed data. Results: Bipolar IRE electrode placement and ablation were successful in all cases. The mean distances from the IRE electrode to the posterior wall of the vertebral body or the exiting nerve root were 2.93 mm ± 0.77 (standard deviation) and 7.87 mm ± 1.99, respectively. None of the animals had neurologic deficits. Well-delineated areas of necrosis of bone, bone marrow, and skeletal muscle adjacent to the vertebral body were present. Histopathologic changes showed outcomes that matched with simulation-estimated ablation zones. The percentage absolute differences in the ablation measurements between MR imaging and histopathologic examination showed the following average errors: 24.2% for length and 28.8% for width measurements on T2-weighted images, and 26.1% for length and 33.3% for width measurements on T1-weighted contrast material - enhanced images. Conclusion: IRE ablation in the porcine spine is feasible and safe and produces localized necrosis with minimal neural toxicity. Signal intensity changes on images acquired with standard MR imaging sequences demonstrate the ablation zone to be larger than that at histopathologic examination.
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U2 - 10.1148/radiol.14132560
DO - 10.1148/radiol.14132560
M3 - Article
C2 - 24766034
AN - SCOPUS:84906847564
SN - 0033-8419
VL - 272
SP - 709
EP - 719
JO - Radiology
JF - Radiology
IS - 3
ER -