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Steerable needles for radio-frequency ablation in cirrhotic livers

Accurate needle placement in deep-seated liver tumours can be difficult. In this work, we disclose two new manually controlled steerable needles for 17G radio-frequency ablation probe placement. The needles contain stylets with embedded compliant joints for active tip articulations, and concentric t...

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Autores principales: van de Berg, Nick J., Meeuwsen, Frédérique C., Doukas, Michail, Kronreif, Gernot, Moelker, Adriaan, van den Dobbelsteen, John J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7801671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33431965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77869-3

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