Laparoscopic radiofrequency thermal ablation of hepatocarcinoma: Preliminary experience

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 284-290

  Goletti, Orlando ^a   Lencioni, Riccardo ^a   Armillotta, Nicola ^a   Puglisi, Adolfo ^a   Lippolis, Piero Vincenzo ^a   Lorenzetti, Luca ^a   Cioni, Daniela ^a   Musco, Barbara ^a   Bartolozzi, Carlo ^a   Cavina, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasms, laparoscopy; Liver neoplasms, secondary; Liver neoplasms, therapy; Liver, interventional procedure; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CARCINOMA; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 0033779484     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200010000-00005     Document Type: Article

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