Percutaneous cryoablation for high-complexity renal masses: complications, functional and oncological outcomes.

Background: During the past two decades cryoablation (CA) has become a therapeutic option for the management of localized cT1 renal masses in comorbid patients. We analyzed the mid-term functional and oncological outcomes of CA in the treatment of cT1 renal masses which were classified as high-complexity masses according to the PADUA system.

Methods: A total of 299 patients underwent percutaneous CA between November 2007 and December 2018 in 4 institutions for cT1N0M0 renal masses.

Bottom-trawl catch composition in a highly polluted coastal area reveals multifaceted native biodiversity and complex communities of fouling organisms on litter discharge.

Areas subjected to anthropogenic impacts are important to test the effect of stressors on local biota. We assessed with trawl net the composition and abundance of megafauna, litter, and litter-fouling communities in the soft bottoms of the National Interest Priority Site (NIPS) of Bagnoli-Coroglio (Gulf of Naples, Tyrrhenian Sea) at different depths. The megafauna accounted for 3444 specimens referred to 133 taxa (91 invertebrates and 42 fishes), for a biomass of ~102 kg and including species of wide ecological and commercial interest.