In situ thermal ablation of focal liver neoplasms, with a special emphasis on the intraoperative ultrasound-guided radio frequency ablation method

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-64

  Branda, Horaţiu ^a   Vlad, Liviu ^a   Spârchez, Zeno ^a   Badea, Radu ^a   Furcea, Luminiţa ^a   Graur, Florin ^a   Miclãuş, Dan ^a   Osian, Gelu ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Focal liver tumours; Intraoperative radio frequency ablation; Thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROWAVES; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0037357609     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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