Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation with artificial ascites for hepatocellular carcinoma in the hepatic dome: Initial experience

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-98

  Rhim, Hyunchul ^a   Lim, Hyo K ^a   Kim, Young Sun ^a   Choi, Dongil ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial ascites; Complication; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Imaging guided tumor ablation; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAFETY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAPHRAGM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37549054089     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2384     Document Type: Article

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