Percutaneous sonographically guided radio frequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: Causes of mistargeting and factors affecting the feasibility of a second ablation session

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 607-615

  Lee, Min Woo ^a   Lim, Hyo K ^a   Kim, Young Jun ^b   Choi, Dongil ^a   Kim, Young Sun ^a   Lee, Won Jae ^a   Cha, Dong Ik ^a   Park, Min Jung ^a   Rhim, Hyunchul ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ablation techniques; Guidance; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Sonography; Targeting

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RADIO WAVES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ELECTRODE PLACEMENT; HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION; SONIC WINDOW; TARGETING;

ABLATION;

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955538395     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.5.607     Document Type: Article

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