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Optimising Pulmonary Microwave Ablation Using Trans-Scapular Access and Continuous Temperature Monitoring

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  1. Department of Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Strasbourg, France, 1, place de l’hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France

    Julien Garnon, Guillaume Koch, Jean Caudrelier, Roberto Luigi Cazzato, Georgia Tsoumakidou & Afshin Gangi

  2. ICube, University of Strasbourg, France, 300 bd Sébastien Brant, 67412, Illkirch, France

    Pramod Rao

  3. Department of Radiology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Colney Ln, Norwich, NR4 7UY, UK

    Nitin Ramamurthy

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Garnon, J., Koch, G., Rao, P. et al. Optimising Pulmonary Microwave Ablation Using Trans-Scapular Access and Continuous Temperature Monitoring. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 39, 791–794 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-016-1298-1

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