Phrenic nerve injury after radiofrequency ablation of lung tumors: Retrospective evaluation of the incidence and risk factors

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 780-785

  Matsui, Yusuke ^a   Hiraki, Takao ^a   Gobara, Hideo ^a   Uka, Mayu ^a   Masaoka, Yoshihisa ^a   Tada, Akihiro ^a   Toyooka, Shinichi ^a   Mitsuhashi, Toshiharu ^a   Mimura, Hidefumi ^b   Kanazawa, Susumu ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84861576410     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: 15357732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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