Efficacy and safety of microwave ablation for primary and secondary liver malignancies: A systematic review

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 599-605

  Ong, Seok Ling ^a,b   Gravante, Gianpiero ^a   Metcalfe, Matthew S ^a   Strickland, Andrew D ^a   Dennison, Ashley R ^a   Lloyd, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Liver; Malignancy; Microwave; Tumour

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABSCESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ASCITES; BILE DUCT INJURY; BLEEDING; BURN; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEATING; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFRARED RADIATION; INOPERABLE CANCER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; MEDLINE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR SEEDING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WOUND INFECTION;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIATHERMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LONG-TERM CARE; MICROWAVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649777162     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328318ed04     Document Type: Review

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