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Microwave Ablation Treatment of Solid Tumors

  • Provides step by step operative techniques for microwave ablation
  • Focuses on five kinds of common tumors
  • Presents high-quality example pictures of before and after treatment Written by experts in tumor surgery

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Microwave Ablation Principles and Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Microwave Ablation: Principles and Techniques

      • Baowei Dong, Jie Yu, Ping Liang
      Pages 3-13
  3. Microwave Ablation of Liver Tumor

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. Microwave Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

      • Jie Yu, Ping Liang
      Pages 17-28
    3. Complications of Microwave Ablation for Liver Tumors

      • Shi-Rong Liu, Ping Liang
      Pages 65-76
  4. Combination and Comparison of Microwave Ablation and Other Treatment for Liver Tumor

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149

About this book

Microwave ablation is a simple, affordable, and highly precise technique. After its successful application in treating liver tumors, it is now widely used to combat renal tumors, adrenal tumors, thyroid nodes, uterine fibroids and other solid tumors. This book presents 40 successful cases of treating these diseases. A series of picture before treatment, after treatment and from different angles is provided for each kind of tumor treatment. In each chapter, step by step operative techniques and illustrations are included. This book also examines CT, NMR and ultrasonography to evaluate the effect of microwave ablation. Editor Ping Liang, is the Director and Professor at Dept. of Interventional Ultrasound, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China. Editor Xiaoling Yu is Professor and Chief physician, Editor Jie Yu is Associate Chief physician at the same department.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Dept. of Interventional Ultrasound, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China

    Ping Liang, Xiao-ling Yu, Jie Yu

About the editors

Editor Ping Liang, is the Director and Professor at Dept. of Interventional Ultrasound, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China. Editor Xiaoling Yu is Professor and Chief physician, Editor Jie Yu is Associate Chief physician at the same department.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Microwave Ablation Treatment of Solid Tumors

  • Editors: Ping Liang, Xiao-ling Yu, Jie Yu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9315-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9314-8Published: 28 November 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0047-2Published: 22 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9315-5Published: 17 November 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 344

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 76 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Interventional Radiology, Ultrasound, Oncology, Minimally Invasive Surgery

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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