Percutaneous ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation with artificial pleural effusion for hepatocellular carcinoma in the hepatic dome

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1066-1070

  Minami, Yasunori ^a   Kudo, Matsatoshi ^a   Kawasaki, Toshihiko ^a   Chung, Hobyung ^a   Ogawa, Chikara ^a   Inoue, Tatsuo ^a   Sakaguchi, Yasuhiro ^a   Sakamoto, Hiroki ^a   Shiozaki, Hitoshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial pleural effusion; Hepatic dome; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INFUSION; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SAFETY; TUMOR NECROSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0347513402     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-003-1197-5     Document Type: Article

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