Radiofrequency ablation of incidental benign small renal mass: Outcomes and follow-up protocol

Urology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 827-830

  Tan, Yung K ^a   Best, Sara L ^a   Olweny, Ephrem ^a   Park, Samuel ^a   Trimmer, Clayton ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY HEMORRHAGE; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; ONCOCYTOMA; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SMALL RENAL MASS; TUMOR ABLATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84862786894     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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