Safety and Efficacy of Radiofrequency Ablation for Periductal Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Intraductal Cooling of the Central Bile Duct

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2008, Pages e1-

  Lam, Vincent Wai To ^a,b,c   Ng, Kelvin Kwok Chai ^a   Chok, Kenneth Siu Ho ^a   Cheung, Tan To ^a   Wat, Jason ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a   Poon, Ronnie T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILE DUCT; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMON BILE DUCT; COOLING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84869239815     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.03.028     Document Type: Article

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