Saline-Linked Surface Radiofrequency Ablation: Factors Affecting Steam Popping and Depth of Injury in the Pig Liver

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 239, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 518-527

  Topp, Stefan A ^a   McClurken, Michael ^c   Lipson, David ^c   Upadhya, Gundumi A ^a   Ritter, Jon H ^b   Linehan, David ^a   Strasberg, Steven M ^a,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TissueLink Medical Inc   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CATHETER ABLATION; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FEMALE; LIVER INJURY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSION; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SALINE LINKED SURFACE RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STEAM POPPING; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWINE; TISSUE INJURY; WATER VAPOR;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIVER; MODELS, ANIMAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SWINE;

EID: 1642359347     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000118927.83650.a4     Document Type: Article

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