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Mechanical Ureteral Perforation by a Radiofrequency Electrode During Ablation of a Renal Tumor

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  1. Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-dong, Kangnam-ku, Seoul, 135-710, Korea

    Byung Kwan Park & Chan Kyo Kim

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Park, B.K., Kim, C.K. Mechanical Ureteral Perforation by a Radiofrequency Electrode During Ablation of a Renal Tumor. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 32, 1317–1319 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-009-9607-6

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