Concerns about ultrasound-guided radiofrequency-assisted segmental liver resection

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1191-1192

  Torzilli, Guido ^a   Donadon, Matteo ^a   Montorsi, Marco ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77953023355     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181e0452f     Document Type: Letter

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