Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for hepatic tumors abutting the diaphragm: Clinical assessment of the heat-sink effect of artificial ascites

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Nam, Sang Yu ^a   Rhim, Hyunchul ^a   Kang, Tae Wook ^a   Lee, Min Woo ^a   Kim, Young Sun ^a   Choi, Dongil ^a   Lee, Won Jae ^a   Park, Yulri ^a   Chang, Ilsoo ^a   Lim, Hyo K ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial ascites; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PAIN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; ASCITES; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 76149097840     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2979     Document Type: Article

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