Complications of microwave ablation for liver tumors: Results of a multicenter study

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 868-874

  Livraghi, Tito ^a   Meloni, Franca ^b   Solbiati, Luigi ^c   Zanus, Giorgio ^d  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c BUSTO ARSIZIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma, therapy; Liver metastases, therapy; Microwave ablation, complications; Microwave ablation, treatment; Minimally invasive procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT FISTULA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CHOLANGITIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLON PERFORATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROWAVE THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TUMOR SEEDING;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROWAVES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84866606067     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-011-0241-8     Document Type: Article

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