Safety and efficacy of microwave ablation for periductal hepatocellular carcinoma with intraductal cooling of the central bile ducts through a percutaneous transhepatic cholangial drainage tube
Background and aims: Biliary thermal injury caused by microwave ablation (MWA) for a hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) close to the central bile ducts always results in severe complications and leads to mortality. Some studies have demonstrated that intraductal cooling of the biliary tract with chilled...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Interventional Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2096360219300869 |