Percutaneous US-guided RF thermal ablation for malignant renal tumors: Preliminary results in 13 patients

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2303-2310

  Veltri, Andrea ^a   De Fazio, Giuseppina ^a   Malfitana, Valeria ^a   Isolato, Giuseppe ^a   Fontana, Dario ^a   Tizzani, Alessandro ^a   Gandini, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Guidance; Interventional procedures; Kidney; Kidney neoplasms; Radiofrequency ablation; Therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAFETY; SOLITARY KIDNEY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11244321523     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2413-2     Document Type: Article

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