Radiofrequency ablation of primary and metastatic liver tumors - 4 Years experience

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 76, 2007, Pages 1170-1175

  Ribeiro Jr , Marcelo A F ^a,b,c   Rodrigues, Joaquim José Gama ^a   Habr Gama, Angelita ^a   Chaib, Eleazar ^a   D'Ipolitto, Giuseppe ^b   Fonseca, Alexandre Zanchenko ^b   Saad Jr , William Abrão ^a   Saad, William Abrão ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Sao Luiz   (Brazil)

^c Universidade de São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Follow up; Liver tumors; Radiofrequency ablation; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILE DUCT FISTULA; BRADYCARDIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SEROMA; TUMOR VOLUME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347342912     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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