The imprint of radiofrequency in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma

HPB

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 255-263

  Delis, Spiros G ^a   Bramis, Ioannis ^b   Triantopoulou, Charikleia ^a   Madariaga, Juan ^c   Dervenis, Christos ^a  

^a AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; HEMOBILIA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MICROWAVE THERAPY; OPERATION DURATION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33745890884     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820500273673     Document Type: Review

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