Virtual ultrasonography-assisted percutaneous ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 80, 2007, Pages 2361-2364

  Toshikuni, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Omoto, Akiyoshi ^a   Nakashima, Koji ^a   Mitsunaga, Mikio ^a  

^a Ako Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Percutaneous ablation; Virtual ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 37749031309     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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