Aims of this retrospective study were to analyze the efficacy and safety of percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) submitted to orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). We studied 40 patients undergoing OLT in w
Laparoscopic staging and tumor ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma in Child C cirrhotics evaluated for orthotopic liver transplantation
β Scribed by R. D. Kim; P. Nazarey; E. Katz; R. S. Chari
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0930-2794
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