Percutaneous ethanol injection: Single session treatment

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-115

  Meloni, F ^a   Lazzaroni, S ^b   Livraghi, T ^a  

^a Osp Civile Vimercate   (Italy)

^b Clusone ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interventional procedures; Liver; Percutaneous ethanol injection; Single session percutaneous ethanol injection

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHANOL; PATIENT TREATMENT;

PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION (PEI);

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEMOPERITONEUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFARCTION; INJECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0035008364     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(01)00124-0     Document Type: Article

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