Development of a perfused ex vivo tumor-mimic model for the training of laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1745-1749

  Hildebrand, Philipp ^a   Kleemann, Markus ^a   Roblick, Uwe ^a   Mirow, Lutz ^a   Bruch, Hans Peter ^a   Burk C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic ultrasound; Laparoscopy; Liver tumors; Radiofrequency ablation; Tumor mimic model

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; CELLULOSE; GLYCEROL; METHYLENE BLUE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TUMOR; MECHANICAL PROBE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SWINE;

EID: 34548643800     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9216-x     Document Type: Article

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