Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) in renal cancer. How to manage challenging masses. A narrative review.

ABSTRACT: In the last decades, the refinements in the imaging techniques led to an increased number of detected renal tumors. If radical and partial nephrectomy remain the gold standard for the treatment of renal cancer, Radio-Frequency Ablation (RFA) has emerged as a therapeutic option for renal masses. Even if this technique is minimally-invasive, it requires a proper preoperative anatomic study and in some cases RFA treatment is technically challenging. To date, there is no standardization for studying challenging cases before treatment and to plan a safe and effective procedure when intervening organs are in the trajectory of the needle. In this study we searched the literature focusing on the challenging cases and strategy applied to manage the treatment safely and effectively.

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SUBMITTER: Ziglioli F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9686170 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature