Ultrasound-guided thermocouple placement for cryosurgery

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 771-773

  Abramovits, William ^a,b   Pruiksma, R ^a   Bose, S ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYOSURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEEDLE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029999548     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1996.tb00727.x     Document Type: Article

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