Imaging for nephron-sparing surgery.
Nephron-sparing surgery is more technically demanding than conventional nephrectomy. The urologist can benefit from modern radiological methods to plan and monitor surgery and to provide post-surgical surveillance. This article describes how 3D volume renderings of CT and MRI data can be useful in planning nephron-sparing surgery, how intraoperative imaging can guide surgery and tumor ablation, and how CT and MRI can be used to monitor for recurrent disease and postoperative complications.
Remer
Erick M
EM
Section of Abdominal Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Radiology, and the Urological Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Herts
Brian R
BR
Veniero
Joseph C
JC
D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009399:Nephrons; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional