Long-term oncologic outcomes following radiofrequency ablation with real-time temperature monitoring for T1a renal cell cancer.

Objective: Few studies report long-term follow-up of renal cancer treated by radiofrequency ablation (RFA), thus limiting the comparison of this modality to well-established long-term follow-up series of surgically resected renal masses. Herein, we report long-term oncologic outcomes of renal cancer treated with RFA in a single institution.

Methods And Materials: We retrospectively reviewed patients treated between November 2001 and October 2012 with laparoscopic-guided or computed tomography-guided RFA.

Oncologic outcomes using real-time peripheral thermometry-guided radiofrequency ablation of small renal masses.

Background And Purpose: With the increased incidence of low-stage renal cancers, thermal ablation technology has emerged as a viable treatment option for extirpation in selected persons and is supported by the current American Urological Association guidelines. We present a 9-year, single institution experience with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) using real-time peripheral temperature monitoring of small renal masses focusing on oncologic outcomes.

Patients And Methods: We reviewed our prospectively collected database of patients with renal masses who were treated between November 2001 and January 2011 with laparoscopic (LRFA) or CT-guided percutaneous RFA (CTRFA) with simultaneous real-time peripheral fiberoptic thermometry.