To assess whether ultrasound-guided percutaneous acetic acid injection is superior to percutaneous ethanol injection in the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), 60 patients with one to four HCCs smaller than 3 cm were entered onto a randomized controlled trial. Thirty-one and 29 patien
Percutaneous ethanol instillation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma – a randomized controlled trial
✍ Scribed by Christian Müller; Maximilian Schöniger-Hekele; Rüdiger Schernthaner; Barbara Renner; Markus Peck-Radosavljevic; Andrea Brichta; Fritz Wrba; Martin Posch; Peter Bauer; Peter Ferenci; Alfred Gangl
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 358 KB
- Volume
- 120
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0043-5325
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