Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation of lung VX2 tumors in a rabbit model using a cooled tip-electrode: Feasibility, safety, and effectiveness

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-139

  Lee, Jeong Min ^b   Jin, Gong Yong ^a   Li, Chun Ai ^a   Chung, Gyung Ho ^a   Lee, Sang Yong ^a   Han, Young Min ^a   Chung, Myoung Ja ^a   Kim, Chong Soo ^a  

^a Jeonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Animal experiment; CT; Interventional procedures; Lung; Lung neoplasms therapy; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURN; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION; HEMATOTHORAX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA METASTASIS; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIOFREQUENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR MODEL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0037304161     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200302000-00008     Document Type: Article

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