Interstitial laser coagulation: Evaluation of the effect of normal liver blood perfusion and the application mode on lesion size

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-47

  Albrecht, D ^a   Germer, C T ^a   Isbert, C ^a   Ritz, J P ^a   Roggan, A ^a   Muller G ^a   Buhr, H J ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatic perfusion; ILC; Interstitial laser coagulation; LITT; Liver surgery; Liver tumors; Multiple fiber application; Single fiber application

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TUMOR; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NECROSIS; SWINE;

EID: 0031820126     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1998)23:1<40::AID-LSM6>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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