Radiofrequency Ablation with Internally Cooled versus Perfused Electrodes for the Treatment of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Cirrhosis

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 718-724

  Seror, Olivier ^a,b   N'Kontchou, Gisèle ^a,b   Tin Tin Htar, Myint ^a   Barrucand, Corinne ^a   Ganne, Nathalie ^a,b   Coderc, Emmanuelle ^a   Trinchet, Jean Claude ^a,b   Sellier, Nicolas ^a   Beaugrand, Michel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^b UPRES EA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRODE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COLD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42649116753     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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