Is Radiofrequency Ablation Safe for Solitary Kidneys?

Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 819-823

  Jacobsohn, Kenneth M ^a   Ahrar, Kamran ^a   Wood, Christopher G ^a   Matin, Surena F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SOLITARY KIDNEY; TUMOR VOLUME; URETER STENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247604453     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.11.027     Document Type: Article

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