Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation using internally cooled wet electrodes for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 471-476

  Kim, Jin Hyoung ^a   Kim, Pyo Nyun ^a   Won, Hyung Jin ^a   Shin, Yong Moon ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ablation therapy; Electrode; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNALLY COOLED WET ELECTRODE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSUBCAPSULAR LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCAPSULAR LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862917115     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6583     Document Type: Article

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