Efficacy and Safety of Microwave Ablation for Malignant Renal Tumors: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Literature Since 2012.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically determine the treatment outcomes of percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) in patients with malignant renal tumor.

Materials and methods

Original studies that reported the clinical outcomes of MWA in patients with malignant renal tumors were identified in MEDLINE and EMBASE from 2012 to June 30, 2017. Inverse variance and random-effects models were used to evaluate and acquire meta-analytic summary estimates of various clinical outcomes, including technical outcomes (technical success rate [TSR] and technical efficacy rate [TER]), oncologic outcomes (local tumor recurrence rate [LRR], cancer-specific survival rate [CSSR], and overall survival rate [OSR]), and complications.

Results

Among the 145 articles screened, 13 articles including 567 p

SUBMITTER: Choi SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082757 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature