Complications Following High-Dose Percutaneous Ethanol Injection into Hepatic Tumors
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Percutaneous ethanol injection for the treatment of hepatic tumors: indications, mechanism of action, technique, and efficacy.
Percutaneous injection of ethanol for treatment of hepatic tumors was first described by Sugiura et al. [1] in 1983. To date, reported experience with the procedure has focused mainly on therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) [2-15], with little information available regarding its use in treating metastatic liver lesions [16]. Interest in this technique has grown recently as a possible means...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Radiologica
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0284-1851,1600-0455
DOI: 10.3109/02841859609177693