Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors: A Novel Needle Perfusion Technique Enhances Efficiency

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 532-537

  Abitabile, Paolo ^a   Maurer, Christoph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ablation; liver; perfusion; radiofrequency; saline; tumor

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEEDLES; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERFUSION; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77049106309     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.08.037     Document Type: Article

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