Subcapsular liver tumors treated with percutaneous radiofrequency ablation: A prospective comparison with nonsubcapsular liver tumors for safety and effectiveness

Radiology

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 670-679

  Sartori, Sergio ^a   Tombesi, Paola ^a   Macario, Francesca ^b   Nielsen, Ingrid ^a   Tassinari, Davide ^c   Catellani, Mirella ^a   Abbasciano, Vincenzo ^a  

^a S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c City Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR SEEDING; ULTRASOUND; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49049091015     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2482071690     Document Type: Article

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