Endoscopic ultrasound-guided application of a new internally gas-cooled radiofrequency ablation probe in the liver and spleen of an animal model: A preliminary study

Endoscopy

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 759-763

  Carrara, S ^a   Arcidiacono, Paolo Giorgio ^a   Albarello, L ^a   Addis, A ^b   Enderle, M D ^c   Boemo, C ^a   Neugebauer, A ^c   Campagnol, M ^b   Doglioni, C ^a   Testoni, P A ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOABLATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER SURGERY; MECHANICAL PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAFETY; SPLEEN; SPLEEN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LIVER; MODELS, ANIMAL; SPLEEN; SWINE;

EID: 51449124670     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077520     Document Type: Article

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