Coagulation areas produced by cool-tip radiofrequency ablation and microwave ablation using a device to decrease back-heating effects: A prospective pilot study

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 723-729

  Di Vece, Francesca ^a   Tombesi, Paola ^a   Ermili, Francesca ^a   Maraldi, Cinzia ^a   Sartori, Sergio ^a  

^a S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interventional oncology; Liver; Microwave ablation; Neoplasms; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MICROWAVE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; TUMOR ABLATION; TUMOR VOLUME; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC USE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIO WAVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901624202     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-013-0733-9     Document Type: Article

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