Complications of radiofrequency coagulation of liver tumours

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1206-1222

  Mulier, Stefaan ^a   Mulier, P ^b   Ni, Y ^c   Miao, Y ^d   Dupas, B ^e   Marchal, G ^c   De Wever, I ^c   Michel, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b Biomedical Engineer   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Department of General Surgery   (China)

^e NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BURN; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOGLOBINURIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036902565     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2002.02168.x     Document Type: Review

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