Ulrich Kaiser

Structures and objectives of day hospices – Design of a logic model

Abstract Background Day hospices represent a new component of outpatient palliative care in Germany. They focus on improving the quality of life and symptom control for patients with advanced, incurable diseases and aim to relieve the burden on family caregivers. However, a unifo...

Intraoperative monitoring of malignant liver tumor microwave ablation using contrast-enhanced ultrasound: A preliminary study

Objective This study aimed to evaluate intraoperative assessment and monitoring of liver tumor ablations using contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). Methods Twenty patients (11 males [65%] and 9 females [45%]) with malignant lesions (cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCC), 1; hepatocel...