Needle track seeding after percutaneous microwave ablation of malignant liver tumors under ultrasound guidance: Analysis of 14-year experience with 1462 patients at a single center

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2495-2499

  Yu, Jie ^a   Liang, Ping ^a   Yu, Xiao Ling ^a   Cheng, Zhi Gang ^a   Han, Zhi Yu ^a   Dong, Bao Wei ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Liver; Microwaves; Neoplasm seeding; Percutaneous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR SEEDING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NEOPLASM SEEDING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865229674     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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