Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in the follow-up of cryoablation of renal tumours: A feasibility study

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1371-1375

  Wink, Margot H ^b   Laguna, M Pilar ^b   Lagerveld, Brunolf W ^c   De La Rosette, Jean J M C H ^b   Wijkstra, Hessel ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryotherapy; Kidney neoplasms; Microbubbles; Renal cell cancer; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; CRYOSURGERY; EVALUATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRYOSURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447325399     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06797.x     Document Type: Article

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