Intraoperative radiofrequency termoa-blation of liver tumours: Considerations on indications and related therapeutic aspects;L'impiego intraoperatorio della termoablazione a radiofrequenza di neoplasie epatiche: Considerazioni su indicazioni ed aspetti terapeutici associati

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 511-516

  Stella, M ^a   Minuto, M N ^a   Pasqualini, M ^a   Percivale, A ^a   Profeti, A ^a   Serafini, G ^a   Gandolfo, N ^a   Marenco, G ^a   Azzola, E ^a   Pellicci, R ^a  

^a SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Liver tumour; Thermoablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17344395075     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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