Complete shutdown of microvascular perfusion upon hepatic cryothermia is critically dependent on local tissue temperature

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 794-799

  Schuder G ^a   Pistorius, G ^a   Fehringer, M ^a   Feifel, G ^a   Menger, M D ^a   Vollmar, B ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryosurgery; Liver microcirculation; Sinusoidal perfusion failure; Tissue temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CRYOSURGERY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIVER; LIVER CANCER; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PERFUSION; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033975199     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.1001     Document Type: Article

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