Symptomatic-enlarging hepatic hemangiomas are effectively treated by percutaneous ultrasonography-guided radiofrequency ablation

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-565

  Park, Soo Young ^a   Tak, Won Young ^a   Jung, Min Kyu ^a   Jeon, Seong Woo ^a   Cho, Chang Min ^a   Kweon, Young Oh ^a   Kim, Kab Chul ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hemangioma; Liver; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79951676140     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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