Ultrasound-guided laparoscopic cryoablation of hepatic tumors: Preliminary report

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 829-836

  Lezoche, Emanuele ^a   Paganini, Alessandro M ^a   Feliciotti, Francesco ^a   Guerrieri, Mario ^a   Lugnani, Franco ^a   Tamburini, Andrea ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEAL FLUID; PLEURA EFFUSION;

ADULT; AGED; CRYOSURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031857458     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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