Radiofrequency thermal ablation with expandable needle of focal liver malignancies: Complication report

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-37

  Buscarini, Elisabetta ^a   Buscarini, Luigi ^b  

^a General Hospital   (Italy)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complications; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver metastases; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ATROPINE; DIAZEPAM; IOPROMIDE; PROPOFOL;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BURN; CANCER SIZE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPERITONEUM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE NECROSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842302447     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-1990-9     Document Type: Article

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