Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation of Abdominal Tumors: Lessons Learned from Complications

Radiographics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-52

  Rhim, Hyunchul ^a   Dodd III, Gerald D ^b   Chintapalli, Kedar N ^b   Wood, Bradford J ^c   Dupuy, Damian E ^d   Hvizda, Julia L ^c   Sewell, Patrick E ^e   Goldberg, S Nahum ^f  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen, neoplasms, 761.458, 81.458, 86.458; Adrenal gland, neoplasms, 86.32; Kidney neoplasms, 81.32; Liver neoplasms, 761.32, 761.33; Radiofrequency (RF), ablation, 761.458, 81.458, 86.458

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; BLEEDING; BURN; CATHETER ABLATION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; REVIEW; SKIN ELECTRODE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 1642578807     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.241025144     Document Type: Review

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