Pulmonary hemorrhage during percutaneous radiofrequency ablation: A more frequent complication than assumed?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 462-465

  Steinke, Karin ^a   King, Julie ^a   Glenn, Derek ^a   Morris, David L ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complication; Hemorrhage; Lung; Percutaneous; Radiofrequency ablation; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642457215     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00123-3     Document Type: Article

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