Cryoablation of liver tumours - A review of mechanisms, techniques and clinical outcome

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-17

  Mala, Tom ^a  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cryoablation; Cryosurgery; Cryotherapy; Liver tumours

Indexed keywords

CRYOSURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FREEZING; HUMAN; IMAGING; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER TUMOR; LOW TEMPERATURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SURGEON; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CRYOSURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER REGENERATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 32144460023     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700500468268     Document Type: Review

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