Microwave ablation with cooled-tip electrode for liver cancer: An analysis of 160 cases

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 303-307

  Zhang, Xiuguo ^a   Zhou, Liguang ^b   Chen, Bo ^a   Hu, Sanyuan ^a   Wachtel, Mitchell ^c   Frezza, Eldo ^d  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Catheter; Liver cancer; Microwave; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; INDOMETACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIURESIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149099197     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700802383926     Document Type: Article

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