## Background: The optimal treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) is surgical resection. however, only a small percentage of patients are operative candidates. percutaneous radiofrequency interstitial thermal ablation proved to be effective, too. our objective was to assess a novel operative
Safety and efficacy of laparoscopic radiofrequency of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with liver cirrhosis
β Scribed by R. Santambrogio; M. Podda; M. Zuin; E. Bertolini; S. Bruno; G. P. Cornalba; M. Costa; M. Montorsi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 218 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0930-2794
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