Radiofrequency tissue ablation: An early Indian experience

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 91-93

  Varshney, Subodh ^a,b   Sharma, Sandesh ^a   Pamecha, Viniyendra ^a   Sewkani, Ajit ^a   Jhawar, Lalish ^a   Narkhede, Vinod ^a   Tewari, Virendra ^a   Patel, Kailash ^a  

^a BHOPAL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Liver; Pancreas; Tumor ablation

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANCREAS; PLEURA EFFUSION; RADIOFREQUENCY;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PAIN; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038122864     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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