Severe complications of radiofrequency ablation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: An analysis of 3,891 ablations in 2,614 patients

Oncology

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 72-75

  Kasugai, Hiroshi ^a   Osaki, Yukio ^b   Oka, Hiroko ^c   Kudo, Masatoshi ^d   Seki, Toshihito ^e  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^b OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascites; Biloma; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Pleural effusion; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ASCITES; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37149020101     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111710     Document Type: Conference Paper

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