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Could Monopolar Mode be a Suitable Strategy of Energy Deposition for Performing No-Touch Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumor ≤ 5 cm?

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  1. Service de Radiologie de l’Hôpital Jean Verdier, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Seine-Saint-Denis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Avenue du 14 Juillet, 93140, Bondy, France

    Olivier Seror & Olivier Sutter

  2. Unité Mixte de Recherche 1162, Génomique Fonctionnelle des Tumeurs Solides, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France

    Olivier Seror

  3. Unité de Formation et de Recherche Santé Médecine et Biologie Humaine, Université Paris 13, Communauté d’Universités et Etablissements Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France

    Olivier Seror

  4. Department of Radiology and Interventional Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Arnaud Hocquelet

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Olivier Seror is consultant for Olympus/Celon Company, Angiodynamics, General Electric Healthcare Systems and Bayer Healthcare.

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Seror, O., Hocquelet, A. & Sutter, O. Could Monopolar Mode be a Suitable Strategy of Energy Deposition for Performing No-Touch Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumor ≤ 5 cm?. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 41, 1630–1631 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-018-1946-8

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