Mortality and complication rates of percutaneous ablative techniques for the treatment of liver tumors: A systematic review

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2584-2596

  Bertot, Luis Calzadilla ^a   Sato, Masaya ^a   Tateishi, Ryosuke ^a   Yoshida, Haruhiko ^a   Koike, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation techniques; Complications; Liver neoplasms; Meta Analysis; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ASCITES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MEDLINE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; STOMACH PERFORATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR ABLATION; TUMOR SEEDING;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83555173255     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2222-3     Document Type: Review

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