Irreversible electroporation ablation (IRE) of unresectable soft tissue tumors: Learning curve evaluation in the first 150 patients treated

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Philips, Prejesh ^a   Hays, David ^b   Martin, Robert C G ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Interventional Radiology Baptist Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION ABLATION; LAPAROTOMY; LEARNING CURVE; LOCAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ADENOCARCINOMA; ELECTROPORATION; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891613707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076260     Document Type: Article

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