Histological, CT, and intraoperative ultrasound appearance of hepatic tumors previously treated by laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1333-1338

  Mason, T ^a   Berber, E ^a   Graybill, J C ^a   Siperstein, A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic; Local recurrence; Radiofrequency thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548584061     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0214-z     Document Type: Article

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