Radiofrequency ablation complicated by skin burn

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-182

  Huffman, S D ^a   Huffman, N P ^b   Lewandowski, Robert J ^a   Brown, Daniel B ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; complications; radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959360749     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: 10988963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1280660     Document Type: Article

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