Bilious pleuritis following transpulmonary radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases
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[Radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases].
The liver is the second only to lymph nodes as the most common site of metastatic disease irrespective of the primary tumor. Up to 50% of all patients with malignant diseases will develop liver metastases with a significant morbidity and mortality. Although the surgical resection leads to an improvement of the survival time, only approximately 20% of the patients are eligible for surgical inter...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0040-6376,1468-3296
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210508