## BACKGROUND. Although percutaneous microwave coagulation is relatively noninvasive therapy for patients with hepatic tumors, coagulation of tumors is sometimes incomplete and local recurrence occurs. The authors hypothesized that the cause of incomplete coagulation was a cooling effect in surroun
Percutaneous microwave coagulation therapy for patients with primary and metastatic hepatic tumors
โ Scribed by Chen Yi; Chen Han; WU Mengchao; Zhou Weiping; Wei Gongtian; Wang Peijun
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 262 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1610-1979
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