Hepatic ablation using bipolar radiofrequency electrocautery

Academic Radiology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 418-422

  McGahan, John P ^a,b   Gu, Wei Zhong ^a   Brock, John M ^a   Tesluk, Henry ^b   Jones, C Darryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver; Neoplasms; Radiofrequency electrocautery; Tissue ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODE; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NECROSIS;

EID: 0030137168     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(05)80677-4     Document Type: Article

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