Thermal damage of the genitofemoral nerve due to radiofrequency ablation of renal cell carcinoma: A potentially avoidable complication

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1627-1631

  Boss, Andreas ^a   Clasen, Stephan ^a   Kuczyk, Markus ^a   Anastasiadis, Aristotelis ^a   Schmidt, Diethard ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a   Pereira, Philippe L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNIQUE; THERMAL INJURY; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMORAL NERVE; INJURY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33644830535     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1946     Document Type: Article

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