Specially designed needle-guide for intercostal puncture of hepatocellular carcinoma seen on computed tomography and not visualized on ultrasonography

Hepatology Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-328

  Iuchi, Hidehito ^a   Horiike, Norio ^a   Masumoto, Toshikazu ^a   Michitaka, Kojiro ^a   Onji, Morikazu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Needle guide; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GELATIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERROR; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SWINE; THORAX;

EID: 0038410141     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(02)00278-4     Document Type: Article

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