Radiofrequency ablation of problematically located hepatocellular carcinoma: Tailored approach

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 428-436

  Chen, Min Hua ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Yan, Kun ^a   Hou, Yi Bin ^a   Dai, Ying ^a   Gao, Wen ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Wu, Wei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency ablation, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Survival rate, Complications, Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BURN; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; JAUNDICE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 44049093888     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-007-9283-4     Document Type: Article

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