List of works by Maria Franca Meloni

A Review of the Appropriateness of the Current Italian Guidelines for Noninvasive Imaging Assessment of Focal Liver Lesions

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Acute Portal Venous Injury After Microwave Ablation in an In Vivo Porcine Model: A Rare Possible Complication

scientific article published on 08 May 2011

Colonic perforation and abscess following radiofrequency ablation treatment of hepatoma

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Comparison of Laparoscopic Microwave to Radiofrequency Ablation of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma (≤3 cm).

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Contrast enhanced ultrasound in the evaluation and percutaneous treatment of hepatic and renal tumors

scientific article published on 07 June 2015

Contrast enhanced ultrasound: Roles in immediate post-procedural and 24-h evaluation of the effectiveness of thermal ablation of liver tumors

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Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography of the liver using SonoVue

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in planning thermal ablation of liver metastases: Should the hypervascular halo be included in the ablation volume?().

scientific article published on 18 November 2010

Evaluation of posttreatment response of hepatocellular carcinoma: comparison of ultrasonography with second-generation ultrasound contrast agent and multidetector CT

scientific article published on 27 June 2009

Follow-up after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of renal cell carcinoma: contrast-enhanced sonography versus contrast-enhanced CT or MRI.

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Growing indications for CEUS: The kidney, testis, lymph nodes, thyroid, prostate, and small bowel

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic liver disease: functional computed tomography with perfusion imaging in the assessment of tumor vascularization

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

Intralesional ethanol in the treatment of unresectable liver cancer.

scientific article published in November 1995

Is contrast-enhanced US alternative to spiral CT in the assessment of treatment outcome of radiofrequency ablation in hepatocellular carcinoma?

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Long-term outcome of laparoscopic ablation therapies for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a single European center experience of 426 patients.

scientific article published on 15 August 2015

Microwave ablation in primary and secondary liver tumours: technical and clinical approaches

scientific article published on 15 July 2016

Microwave ablation of hepatic tumors with a third generation system: loco‑regional efficacy in a prospective cohort study with intermediate term follow-up.

scientific article published on 10 June 2016

Microwave ablation of primary and secondary liver tumours: ex vivo, in vivo, and clinical characterisation

scientific article published on 21 July 2016

Microwaves create larger ablations than radiofrequency when controlled for power in ex vivo tissue.

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Percutaneous microwave ablation of hepatic tumors: prospective evaluation of postablation syndrome and postprocedural pain.

scientific article published on 26 November 2013

Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases in potential candidates for resection: the "test-of-time approach".

scientific article published in June 2003

Perfusion computed tomographic assessment of early hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic liver disease: initial observations.

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Radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors: the role of microbubble ultrasound contrast agents.

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Radiofrequency and microwave ablation of subcapsular hepatocellular carcinoma accessed by direct puncture: Safety and efficacy

scientific article published on February 2016

Radiofrequency thermal ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Recall strategies for patients found to have a nodule in cirrhosis: is there still a role for CEUS?

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Risk of tumour seeding after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Sustained complete response and complications rates after radiofrequency ablation of very early hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: Is resection still the treatment of choice?

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The EFSUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for the Clinical Practice of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Non-Hepatic Applications: Update 2017 (Long Version).

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

The EFSUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for the Clinical Practice of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Non-Hepatic Applications: Update 2017 (Short Version).

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

Thermal ablation of colorectal liver metastases: a position paper by an international panel of ablation experts, The Interventional Oncology Sans Frontières meeting 2013

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Treatment of focal liver tumors with percutaneous radio-frequency ablation: complications encountered in a multicenter study

scientific article published on 01 February 2003