Successful embolization of hepatocelluar carcinoma with yttrium-90 glass microspheres prior to liver transplantation

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-416

  Kim, Dean Y ^a   Kwon, David S ^a   Salem, Riad ^b   Ma, Chan K ^a   Abouljoud, Marwan S ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Carcinoma; Hepatocellular; Liver; Transplantation; Yttrium

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; YTTRIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 33644535844     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2005.06.019     Document Type: Article

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