Cryotherapy for renal cell carcinoma and angiomyolipoma.
OBJECTIVE
We determined the feasibility of renal cryotherapy in humans.


METHODS
Two patients with tumors in a solitary kidney were treated with renal cryotherapy.


RESULTS
Both patients tolerated renal cryotherapy well with no change in renal function and no postoperative complications.


CONCLUSIONS
Cryoablation of select renal lesions can be performed safely with minimal loss of renal function.
D000328:Adult; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000601:surgery*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy