Comparison of laparoscopic saline infused to dry radio frequency ablation of renal tissue: Evolution of histological infarct in the porcine model

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2007-2012

  Tan, Beng Jit ^a   El Hakim, Assaad ^a   Morgenstern, Nora ^a   Semerdzhiev, Yavor ^a   Smith, Arthur ^a   Lee, Benjamin R ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Cell survival; Kidney; Laparoscopy; Swine

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; GLOMERULUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFARCTION; INFUSION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUBULE; LAPAROSCOPY; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; SWINE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 5444265103     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000138083.84066.98     Document Type: Article

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