The combined effect of radiofrequency and ethanol ablation in the management of large hepatocellular carcinoma

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 418-425

  Sakr, Ayman A ^a,c   Saleh, Alaa Ahmed ^a   Moeaty, Amr Ali Abdel ^b   Moeaty, Ali Abdel ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Al Mana General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alpha feto protein; Computed tomography (CT); Ethanol ablation; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation; Ultrasound (US)

Indexed keywords

PATIENT MONITORING; SURGERY; TUMORS;

ETHANOL ABLATION; LASER INDUCED THERMOTHERAPY (LITT); RADIOFREQUENCY; TRANSARTERIAL CHEMOEMBOLIZATION (TACE);

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PAIN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 19344372629     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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