New ablation procedure for a radiofrequency liver tissue coagulation system using an expandable needle

Liver International

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-219

  Hirakawa, Miharu ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Kawamura, Yusuke ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Hosaka, Tetsuya ^a   Yatsuji, Hiromi ^a   Sezaki, Hitomi ^a   Akuta, Norio ^a   Suzuki, Fumitaka ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Saitoh, Satoshi ^a   Arase, Yasuji ^a   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expandable needle; Liver cancer; Radiofrequency ablation (RFA); Stepwise expansion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER NECROSIS; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; ETHANOL; LIVER; NEEDLES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 38849207502     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01619.x     Document Type: Article

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