One-shot percutaneous ethanol injection of liver tumors under general anesthesia: Preliminary data on efficacy and complications

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-31

  Giorgio, Antonio ^a,c   Tarantino, Luciano ^a   Francica, Giampiero ^a   Mariniello, Nicola ^a   Nuzzo, Antonio ^a   Del Viscovo, Luca ^b   Rotondo, Antonio ^b  

^a AO Dei Colli Hospital for Infectious Diseases D Cotugno   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis; Liver neoplasms; US interventional procedures

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INTRATUMORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 0030022095     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02560143     Document Type: Article

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