A comparison of percutaneous cryosurgery and percutaneous radiofrequency for unresectable hepatic malignancies

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1332-1340

  Adam, René ^a   Hagopian, Ellen J ^a   Linhares, Marcelo ^a   Krissat, Jinane ^a   Savier, Eric ^a   Azoulay, Daniel ^a   Kunstlinger, Francis ^a   Castaing, Denis ^a   Bismuth, Henri ^a   Pickleman, Jack ^b  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036894731     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.137.12.1332     Document Type: Article

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