Practice guidelines for ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation for hepatic malignancy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 5430-5438

  Liang, Ping ^a   Yu, Jie ^a   Lu, Ming De ^b   Dong, Bao Wei ^a   Yu, Xiao Ling ^a   Zhou, Xiao Dong ^c   Hu, Bing ^d   Xie, Ming Xing ^e   Cheng, Wen ^f   He, Wen ^g   Jia, Jian Wen ^h   Lu, Guo Rong ⁱ  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Otolaryngology Institute of Shanghai   (China)

^e UNION HOSPITAL   (China)

^f HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

ⁱ FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Liver cancer; Microwave radiation; Practice guidelines; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BURN; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHOLESTASIS; COLON PERFORATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CANCER; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MALAISE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MICROWAVE THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TUMOR CELL DESTRUCTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR SEEDING; TUMOR VOLUME;

CATHETER ABLATION; LIVER CANCER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; ULTRASOUND;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROWAVES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84883541230     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i33.5430     Document Type: Review

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