Cryoablation of hepatic neoplasia

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 547-552

  Feifel, G ^a   Pistorius, G ^a   Hegenauer, K ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryoprobes; Cryosurgical technique; Follow up; Liver neoplasia; Percutaneous approach; Synergistic freezing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOSURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032424840     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645709809152902     Document Type: Article

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