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Hyperkalaemia after radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma
Bas H Verhoeven1, Els B Haagsma, Bart M G Appeltans
1Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Academic Hospital Groningen, NL-9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
|September 28, 2002
Abstract:
Radiofrequency ablation of liver tumours is a useful therapy for otherwise unresectable tumours. The complication rate is said to be low. In this case report we describe hyperkalaemia after radiofrequency ablation of a hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with end-stage renal insufficiency.