Solid renal masses: effectiveness and safety of image-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation

• Published in: Abdominal imaging Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 647 - 658
• Main Authors: Iannuccilli, Jason D., Dupuy, Damian E., Mayo-Smith, William W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.08.2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Carcinoma, Renal Cell - surgery; Catheter Ablation; Data processing; Gastroenterology; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Hepatology; Humans; Imaging; Kidney; Kidney Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Kidney Neoplasms - pathology; Kidney Neoplasms - surgery; Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Morbidity; Mortality; Nephrectomy; Other treatments; Patient Selection; Radiology; Surgery, Computer-Assisted; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Treatment. General aspects; Tumors; Ultrasonography; Radiofrequency ablation; Small renal mass; RFA kidney; Nuclear medicine; Toxicity; Gastroenterology; Instrumentation therapy; Thermal ablation; Radiofrequency; Kidney; Percutaneous route

With increasing emphasis on minimally invasive nephron-sparing techniques for treatment of renal tumors, image-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has emerged as a safe and effective method of tumor eradication that may be performed on an outpatient basis, with relatively low morbidity...