Microwave Ablation versus Radiofrequency Ablation in the Kidney: High-power Triaxial Antennas Create Larger Ablation Zones than Similarly Sized Internally Cooled Electrodes

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1224-1229

  Laeseke, Paul F ^a   Lee Jr , Fred T ^a   Sampson, Lisa A ^a   van der Weide, Daniel W ^b   Brace, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MICROWAVES; NEPHRECTOMY; SWINE;

EID: 69249203562     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.05.029     Document Type: Article

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