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

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 88, 2008, Pages 2184-2187

  Zhang, Xiuguo ^a   Chen, Bo ^a   Hu, Sanyuan ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Wang, Kexin ^a   Wachtel, Mitchell S ^b   Frezza, Eldo E ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

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

Author keywords

Ablation; Catheter; Liver cancer; Microwave; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INDOMETACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROWAVE THERAPY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849101553     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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