Extracorporeal organotripsy for renal tumours

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-225

  Häcker, Axel ^a   Stephan Michel, Maurice ^a   Koehrmann, Kai Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal approach; High intensity focused ultrasound; Kidney; Minimally invasive; Renal cell carcinoma; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRACORPOREAL ORGANOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEPHRECTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0037727610     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200305000-00009     Document Type: Review

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