Multiple-electrode radiofrequency ablation of hepatic malignancies: Initial clinical experience

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1485-1494

  Laeseke, Paul F ^a   Frey, Tina M ^b   Brace, Chris L ^b   Sampson, Lisa A ^b   Winter III, Thomas C ^b   Ketzler, Jan R ^b   Lee Jr , Fred T ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Hepatobiliary imaging; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interventional radiology; Liver cancer; MRI; Oncologic imaging; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249906454     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.1004     Document Type: Article

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