Radiofrequency-Assisted Liver Resection in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cirrhosis: Preliminary Results

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3523-3525

  Curro, G ^a   Habib, N ^b   Jiao, L ^b   Baccarani, U ^c   Scisca, C ^a   Navarra, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 57549098000     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.06.094     Document Type: Article

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