Post-radiofrequency ablation syndrome after percutaneous radiofrequency of abdominal tumours: One centre experience and review of published works

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 550-554

  Carrafiello, G ^a   Lagana D ^a   Ianniello, A ^a   Dionigi, G ^a   Novario, R ^a   Recaldini, C ^a   Mangini, M ^a   Cuffari, S ^a   Fugazzola, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complication of radiofrequency ablation; Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation; Post syndrome; Postablation syndrome; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 35448939300     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01871.x     Document Type: Article

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