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Complications of Tumor Ablation

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Tumor Ablation

Abstract

Percutaneous and surgical ablation procedures are flourishing, in large part because of the relative paucity and the acceptability of complications. However, serious and fatal complications have occurred, albeit rarely, with ablation. This chapter identifies those complications, describes their underlying cause, and, when possible, discusses strategies to avoid them.

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    Lawrence Cheung (Medical Student)

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Cheung, L., Livraghi, T., Solbiati, L., Dodd, G.D., vanSonnenberg, E. (2005). Complications of Tumor Ablation. In: vanSonnenberg, E., McMullen, W.N., Solbiati, L., Livraghi, T., Müeller, P.R., Silverman, S.G. (eds) Tumor Ablation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28674-8_37

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