Radiofrequency ablation for the management of liver tumors

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 496-500

  Bachar, Gil N ^a,c   Greif, Franklin ^a,c   Mor, Eytan ^a,c   Tur Kaspa, Ran ^a,b,c   Belenky, Alexander ^a,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Liver Transplantation Unit ^*  (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver metastases; Liver neoplasm; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

TUMORS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COAGULATING AGENT; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERATOR; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISRAEL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PERITONITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THYROID CANCER; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; COLON TUMOR; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CATHETER ABLATION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042066406     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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