Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation combined with transcatheter arterial embolization in the treatment of large hepatocellular carcinoma

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 47-53

  Buscarini, L ^a   Buscarini, E ^b   Di Stasi, M ^b   Quaretti, P ^b   Zangrandi, A ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arterial catheter embolisation; Liver neoplasms; Radiofrequency (RF) ablation; Therapeutic blockade; Therapy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; GELFOAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NECROSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032906436     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-14233     Document Type: Article

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