Minimally invasive surgery using ablative modalities for the localized renal mass: Review article

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-227

  Kimura, Masaki ^a,b   Baba, Shiro ^b   Polascik, Thomas J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryoablation; Minimally invasive surgery; Nephron sparing surgery; Radiofrequency ablation; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOABLATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FREEZING; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SURGERY; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC CRYOABLATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROPERITONEAL CRYOABLATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 77749285776     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2009.02445.x     Document Type: Review

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