Multipolar Radiofrequency Ablation: First Clinical Results

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 324-329

  Tacke, Josef ^a   Mahnken, A ^a   Roggan, A ^b   Gunther R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Celon AG Medical Instruments   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interventional radiology; Liver metastases; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MULTIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; OSTEOID OSTEOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMA, OSTEOID; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642345180     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-812723     Document Type: Article

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