Electrochemically induced hepatic necrosis: The next step forward in patients with unresectable liver tumours?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 637-640

  Baxter, P S ^a   Wemyss Holden, S A ^a   Dennison, A R ^b   Maddern, G J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrolysis; Liver; Thermal; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; IMPLANT; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TUMOR; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031720085     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04833.x     Document Type: Article

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