Comparison between different thickness umbrella-shaped expandable radiofrequency electrodes (SuperSlim and CoAccess): Experimental and clinical study

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1215-1220

  Koda, Masahiko ^a   Tokunaga, Shiho ^a   Matono, Tomomitsu ^a   Sugihara, Takaaki ^a   Nagahara, Takakazu ^a   Murawaki, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation zone; CoAccess electrode; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation; SuperSlim electrode; Umbrella shaped expandable electrode

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COW; ELECTRODE; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

EID: 80052745660     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2011.347     Document Type: Article

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