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Radiofrequency Ablation to Control Bleeding from a Percutaneous Intrahepatic Puncture Tract of a Large Diameter Portal Vein: A Simple and Rapid Solution to a Potentially Life-Threatening Bleeding

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  1. Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Mathilde Vermersch, Rafael Duran, Naik Vietti Violi, Nicolas Villard, Georgia Tsoumakidou, Alban Denys & Arnaud Hocquelet

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Dr. Hocquelet reports grants and personal fees from Neuwave/Johnson outside the submitted work. Pr Denys reports grants and personal fees from BTG/Biocompatibles, Guerbet and Neuwave/Johnson outside the submitted work. Dr. Duran reports grants and personal fees from Guerbet and BTG/Biocompatibles, grants from Society of Interventional Oncology, outside the submitted work. Other authors declare they have no conflict of interest.

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Vermersch, M., Duran, R., Vietti Violi, N. et al. Radiofrequency Ablation to Control Bleeding from a Percutaneous Intrahepatic Puncture Tract of a Large Diameter Portal Vein: A Simple and Rapid Solution to a Potentially Life-Threatening Bleeding. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 43, 1725–1727 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-020-02598-z

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