Mechanical ureteral perforation by a radiofrequency electrode during ablation of a Renal Tumor

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1317-1319

  Park, Byung Kwan ^a   Kim, Chan Kyo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TUMOR; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER INJURY; URETER STENT;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTRODES; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETER; VON HIPPEL-LINDAU DISEASE;

EID: 71449108399     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-009-9607-6     Document Type: Letter

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