Radiofrequency ablation versus surgical resection for small unifocal hepatocellular carcinomas

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 93, Issue 29, 2014, Pages e271-

  Lei, J Y ^a   Wang, W T ^a   Yan, L N ^a   Wen, T F ^a   Li, B ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UTILIZATION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84920806084     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000271     Document Type: Article

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