'Skipping' is still a problem with radiofrequency ablation of small renal tumours

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 998-1001

  Klingler, H Christoph ^a   Marberger, Michael ^a   Mauermann, Julian ^a   Remzi, Mesut ^a   Susani, Martin ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic nephrectomy; Radiofrequency ablation; Renal cell cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENERGY YIELD; GENERATOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY CANCER; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MECHANICAL PROBE; OPERATION DURATION; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34247144483     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06769.x     Document Type: Article

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