Cryosurgical ablation and radiofrequency ablation for unresectable hepatic malignant neoplasms: A proposed algorithm

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 657-664

  Bilchik, Anton J ^a,b   Wood, Thomas F ^a   Allegra, David ^b   Tsioulias, George J ^a   Chung, Mathew ^a   Rose, D Michael ^a   Ramming, Kenneth P ^b   Morton, Donald L ^a  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Centry City Doctors Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0034088535     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.135.6.657     Document Type: Article

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