Bimodal Electric Tissue Ablation-Modified Radiofrequency Ablation with a Le Veen Electrode in a Pig Model

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-116

  Dobbins, Christopher ^a   Wemyss Holden, Simon A ^b   Cockburn, John ^b   Maddern, Guy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

liver; radiofrequency ablation; RFA

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIMODAL ELECTRIC TISSUE ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 36849023976     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.03.066     Document Type: Article

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