Hepatic microwave ablation: A review of the histological changes following thermal damage

Liver International

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 911-921

  Gravante, Gianpiero ^a   Ong, Seok L ^a   Metcalfe, Matthew S ^a   Strickland, Andrew ^a   Dennison, Ashley R ^a   Lloyd, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Histology; Histopathology; Liver ablation; Microwave ablation; Thermal lesion

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MICROSCOPY; MICROWAVE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; THERMAL INJURY; THERMOCOAGULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROWAVES;

EID: 47949117206     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01810.x     Document Type: Review

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