Needle tract seeding after radiofrequency ablation of hepatic tumors

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 485-491

  Jaskolka, Jeffrey D ^a   Asch, Murray R ^a   Kachura, John R ^a   Ho, Chia S ^a   Ossip, Marc ^a   Wong, Florence ^a   Sherman, Morris ^a   Grant, David R ^a   Greig, Paul D ^a   Gallinger, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BLOOD CLOTTING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE TRACT SEEDING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 20144387215     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000151141.09597.5F     Document Type: Article

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