Thermal Ablation
At Providence, we use the most advanced treatments to provide the best outcome for your long-term health. Thermal ablation uses extreme heat or cold to destroy cancerous tumors and non-cancerous abnormal tissues. For example, ablation can also target and destroy abnormal heart cells to treat cardiac conditions.
Why Choose Us for Your Ablation?
At Providence, we offer the most advanced ablation procedures for our patients with various cancer types and those with heart arrhythmias like AFib (atrial fibrillation) and other heart conditions. More than 50,000 new cancer patients and over 400,000 heart patients trust the extent and power of Providence network for their care each year.
About Thermal Ablation
Thermal ablation is a minimally invasive procedure that destroys, or ablates, cancer cells, tumors and other abnormal or damaged tissue – including cardiac cells. In addition to being the preferred method of treatment for some cancer patients, cardiac specialists may also recommend the procedure for heart patients with arrhythmias.
Benefits
Patients who undergo thermal ablation typically experience shorter recovery times and fewer complications than patients who undergo open surgery. Thermal ablation is performed under mild sedation and patients typically return home the same day.
Conditions Treated with Thermal Ablation
Thermal ablation is a treatment method suitable for most, but not all, types of cancer. It is also effective in treating irregular heartbeats, or types of arrhythmias, including:
- AFib (atrial fibrillation)
- Atrial flutter
- Atrial tachycardia
- PVCs (premature ventricular contractions)
- SVT (supraventricular tachycardia)
- VT (ventricular tachycardia)
- WPW (Wolff-Parkinson-White) Syndrome
Thermal Ablation Treatments We Offer
We perform multiple types of thermal ablation, including:
- Cryoablation (cryosurgery or cryotherapy)
- Microwave ablation
- PVP (photoselective vaporization of the prostate)
- RFA (radiofrequency ablation)
- Thermal balloon ablation