Long-term results after computed-tomography-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for small renal tumors

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1909-1913

  Ferakis, Nikolaos ^a   Bouropoulos, Constantinos ^a   Granitsas, Timoleon ^a   Mylona, Sofia ^a   Poulias, Iraklis ^b  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUMOR; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEPHRON SPARING SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650301485     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2009.0639     Document Type: Article

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