Radiofrequency ablation versus surgical resection for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 192-198

  Guglielmi, Alfredo ^a   Ruzzenente, Andrea ^a   Valdegamberi, Alessandro ^a   Pachera, Silvia ^a   Campagnaro, Tommaso ^a   D'Onofrio, Mirko ^a   Martone, Enrico ^a   Nicoli, Paola ^a   Iacono, Calogero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis; Radiofrequency ablation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349004883     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0392-8     Document Type: Article

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