Laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation in the caudate lobe for hepatocellular carcinoma before liver transplantation

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-402

  Di Benedetto, Fabrizio ^a   Tarantino, Giuseppe ^a   Montalti, Roberto ^a   Ballarin, Roberto ^a   D'Amico, Giuseppe ^a   Di Sandro, Stefano ^a   Gerunda, Giorgio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TUMOR NECROSIS;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861087811     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2011.0510     Document Type: Article

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