Is radiofrequency thermal ablation a safe and effective procedure in the treatment of pulmonary malignancies?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 348-351

  Huang, Lijun ^a   Han, Yong ^a   Zhao, Jinbo ^a   Wang, Xiaoping ^a   Cheng, Qingshu ^a   Li, Xiaofei ^a   Xu, Hui ^b   Gao, Kunxiang ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation; Pulmonary carcinoma; Pulmonary metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEATH; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951509822     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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