Laparoscopic staging and radiofrequency of hepatocellular carcinoma in liver cirrhosis. A "bridge" treatment to liver transplantation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 56, Issue 91-92, 2009, Pages 793-797

  Casaccia, Marco ^a   Andorno, Enzo ^a   Nardi, Ilaria ^a   Santori, Gregorio ^a   Troilo, Bianca ^a   Barabino, Gabriele ^a   Di Domenico, Stefano ^a   Panaro, Fabrizio ^a   Valente, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Laparoscopic ultrasound; Liver cirrhosis; Radiofrequency interstitial thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR NECROSIS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651222772     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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