Hot tips on hot tips: Technical problems with percutaneous insertion of a microwave antenna through rigid tissue

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-60

  Danaher, Luke A ^a,b   Steinke, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

CT; microwave antenna; percutaneous; safety; technique

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR PROSTHESIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; NEEDLE; NEOPLASM; PERCUTANEOUS ANTENNA DISLODGEMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA PLAQUE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RIB CARTILAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROWAVES; PLEURAL CAVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873385822     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2012.02455.x     Document Type: Article

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