Percutaneous imaging-guided radiofrequency ablation of small renal cell carcinoma: Techniques and outcomes of 24 treatment sessions in 18 consecutive patients

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-132

  Popovic, Peter ^a   Surlan Popovic, K ^a   Lukic, S ^b   Mijailovic, M ^b   Jankovic, S ^c   Kuhelj, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b CLINICAL CENTRE KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency ablation; Renal cell carcinoma; Small size; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY PAIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954527183     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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