Thoracoscopy-assisted radiofrequency ablation for liver cancer. Report of three cases

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 73, 2007, Pages 241-245

  Nanashima, Atsushi ^a   Sumida, Yorihisa ^a   Shindo, Hisakazu ^a   Hidaka, Shigekazu ^a   Tanaka, Kenji ^a   Obatake, Masayuki ^a   Sawai, Terumitsu ^a   Yasutake, Toru ^a   Nakamura, Akihiro ^a   Tagawa, Tsutomu ^a   Nagayasu, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic dome; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 34047097762     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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