Endoscopic radiofrequency ablation in colorectal cancer: Initial clinical results of a new bipolar radiofrequency ablation device

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 355-358

  Vavra, Petr ^a,b   Dostalik, Jan ^b   Zacharoulis, Dimitris ^a,c   Khorsandi, Shirin E ^a   Khan, Shahid A ^a   Habib, Nagy A ^d,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^d EMcision Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Endoluminal; Radiofrequency ablation; Rectosigmoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MICROSURGERY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BLEEDING; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCTOSCOPE; RECTOSCOPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROCTOSCOPES; PROCTOSCOPY;

EID: 64049092323     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e31819a3e09     Document Type: Article

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