Radio frequency ablation (RFA)-assisted pericystectomy for hepatic echinococcosis: An alternative technique

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 338-341

  Papaconstantinou, Ioannis ^a,b   Kontos, Michael ^a   Prassas, Evangelos ^a   Karavokyros, John ^a   Bakoyiannis, Christos ^a   Pikoulis, Emmanouil ^a   Safioleas, Michael ^a   Giannopoulos, Athanasios ^a   Bastounis, Elias ^a   Felekouras, Evangelos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hepatic echinococcosis; Radio frequency ablation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAMANDOLE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; ELECTRODE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750285991     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sle.0000213702.56569.3f     Document Type: Article

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