Perioperative outcome after laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors: An analysis of 521 cases

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 613-618

  Berber, E ^a   Siperstein, A E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Laboratory changes; Laparoscopic radiofrequency thermal ablation; Liver tumors; Morbidity mortality

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER MORTALITY; COLON CANCER; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947316450     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-9139-y     Document Type: Article

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