Microwave assisted liver resection: Clinical feasibility study and preliminary results

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 415-420

  Percivale, A ^a   Griseri, G ^b   Gastaldo, A ^b   Benasso, M ^b   Pellicci, R ^a  

^a SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento Interaziendale di Neuroscienze del Ponente Ligure   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Liver neoplasms; Microwaves

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873553991     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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