Multipolar hepatic radiofrequency ablation using up to six applicators: Preliminary results

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-222

  Bruners, Philipp ^a   Schmitz Rode, T ^a   Gunther R W ^b   Mahnken, A ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interventional procedures; Metastases; Radiofrequency (RF) ablation

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENERGY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SURGERY; MALE; MULTIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BREAST TUMOR; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH TUMOR; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTRODES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42949127243     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027184     Document Type: Article

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