Radiofrequency ablation assisted resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: Morbidity, mortality and long term survival

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 256-262

  Prassas, Evangelos ^a   Petrou, Athanasios ^b   Kontos, Michael ^c   Rizos, Dimitrios ^d   Neofytou, Kyriakos ^e   Pikoulis, Emanouil ^c   Diamantis, Theodoros ^c   Felekouras, Evangelos ^c  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection; Radiofrequency ablation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; BILOMA; BISEGMENTECTOMY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMITED RESECTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER RESECTION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MALE; MONOSEGMENTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION ASSISTED LIVER RESECTION; WEDGE RESECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 84898861672     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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