Radio-frequency ablation of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Kanellos, I ^a,b   Demetriades, H ^a   Blouhos, K ^a   Tsachalis, T ^a   Pramateftakis, M G ^a   Betsis, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colorectal liver metastases; Radiofrequency (RF) ablation

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CANCER; ELECTRODE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERATOR; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOLOGY; ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13844309765     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-004-0130-0     Document Type: Article

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