Radiofrequency assisted liver resection - A novel technique

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 66, 2005, Pages 1685-1687

  Jiao, Long R ^a   Navarra, Guiseppe ^a   Weber, Jean Christophe ^a   Havlik, Roman ^a   Nicholls, Joanna P ^a   Habib, Nagy A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Liver resection; Liver tumors; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SURGERY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 28544441753     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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