TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal Tumors
AU - Stone, Michael J.
AU - Venkatesan, Aradhana M.
AU - Locklin, Julia
AU - Pinto, Peter
AU - Linehan, Marston
AU - Wood, Bradford J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of renal tumors is a promising technique that plays a unique and increasingly important role in urologic oncology practices. RFA is appealing as a minimally invasive therapy that may be performed on an outpatient basis. It enables treatment of an area 3 to 5 cm in diameter, with relatively low morbidity and mortality rates. Most interventional radiologists (IRs) are familiar with RFA of liver tumors, and several principles and techniques used in the liver may be extrapolated for use in the kidney. However, it is crucial to bear in mind that local tumor ablation in the kidney presents unique challenges, secondary to the kidney's unique anatomic and physiologic features. Clinical and technical considerations, risks, and complications pertaining to RFA of renal tumors are reviewed here, including approaches commonly used in our practice.
AB - Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of renal tumors is a promising technique that plays a unique and increasingly important role in urologic oncology practices. RFA is appealing as a minimally invasive therapy that may be performed on an outpatient basis. It enables treatment of an area 3 to 5 cm in diameter, with relatively low morbidity and mortality rates. Most interventional radiologists (IRs) are familiar with RFA of liver tumors, and several principles and techniques used in the liver may be extrapolated for use in the kidney. However, it is crucial to bear in mind that local tumor ablation in the kidney presents unique challenges, secondary to the kidney's unique anatomic and physiologic features. Clinical and technical considerations, risks, and complications pertaining to RFA of renal tumors are reviewed here, including approaches commonly used in our practice.
KW - Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
KW - kidney
KW - radiofrequency ablation
KW - renal cell carcinoma
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U2 - 10.1053/j.tvir.2007.09.011
DO - 10.1053/j.tvir.2007.09.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 18070691
AN - SCOPUS:36749101327
SN - 1089-2516
VL - 10
SP - 132
EP - 139
JO - Techniques in vascular and interventional radiology
JF - Techniques in vascular and interventional radiology
IS - 2
ER -