Ultrasound-guided ablative therapy for hepatic malignancies: A comparison of the therapeutic effects of microwave and radiofrequency ablation

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-45

  Zhang, X G ^a   Zhang, Z L ^a   Hu, S Y ^a   Wang, Y L ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84896512249     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2014.11680975     Document Type: Article

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