Hepatocellular carcinoma: Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation using expandable needle electrodes and the double-insertion technique

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 48, 2002, Pages 1481-1483

  Shirato, Kazuhito ^a   Morimoto, Manabu ^a   Tomita, Naohiko ^a   Kokawa, Atsushi ^a   Sugimori, Kazuya ^a   Saito, Toshifumi ^a   Tanaka, Katsuaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Double insertion technique; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TUMOR NECROSIS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036841471     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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