Laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation of unresectable hepatic malignancies: Indication, limitation and results

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 79, 2007, Pages 2069-2072

  Hildebrand, Philipp ^a   Kleemann, Markus ^a   Roblick, Uwe ^a   Mirow, Lutz ^a   Birth, Matthias ^b   Bruch, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Hanse Klinikum Stralsund   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Liver tumors; Radiofrequency ablation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 37749004890     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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