Radiofrequency interstitial thermal ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma in liver cirrhosis: Role of the laparoscopic approach

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-145

  Montorsi, M ^a   Santambrogio, R ^a   Bianchi, P ^a   Opocher, E ^a   Zuin, M ^a   Bertolini, E ^a   Bruno, S ^a   Podda, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Laparoscopic ultrasound; Liver cirrhosis; Radiofrequency interstitial thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR NECROSIS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035073001     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004640000242     Document Type: Article

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