Laparoscopic US-guided radiofrequency ablation of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in liver cirrhosis: Feasibility and clinical outcome

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 797-801

  Casaccia, Marco ^a   Andorno, Enzo ^a   Nardi, Ilaria ^a   Troilo, Bianca ^a   Barabino, Gabriele ^a   Santori, Gregorio ^a   Valente, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 58149117765     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2008.0039     Document Type: Article

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