title: Bipolar radiofrequency ablation using wet-cooled electrodes: an in vitro experimental study in bovine liver.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our aim was to evaluate the performance of hypertonic saline (HS)-enhanced bipolar radiofrequency ablation using wet-cooled electrodes versus monopolar radiofrequency ablation to create coagulation necrosis in explanted bovine liver.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HS-enhanced bipolar radiofrequency ablation using the wet-cooled electrodes shows better performance in creating coagulation necrosis than the monopolar mode.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University, 28 Yeongon dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joon Koo
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Se Hyung
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Su Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Chang Jin
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Byun Ihn
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002417:Cattle; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009336:Necrosis; D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic