Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation of Liver Tumors: Percutaneous, Laparoscopic, and Open Surgical Approaches

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 477-489

  Machi, Junji ^a   Uchida, Shinji ^b   Sumida, Kenneth ^a   Limm, Whitney M L ^b   Hundahl, Scott A ^b   Oishi, Andrew J ^b   Furumoto, Nancy L ^b   Oishi, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa ^*

Author keywords

Hepatoma; Intraoperative ultrasound; Laparoscopic ultrasound; Liver metastasis; Radiofrequency thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; REOPERATION; TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0035469566     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(01)80085-8     Document Type: Article

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