title: Current Status of Focal Cryoablation for Small Renal Masses.
abstract: Focal cryoablation is an established minimally invasive technique for the treatment of small renal masses. Because of the lack of robust evidence, it is indicated in selected patients who have relative contraindications to extirpative approaches. With appropriate selection of patients, cryoablation is safe and effective. Main advantages are low risk for complication, minimal invasiveness, and good functional outcomes; oncological outcomes require further studies. The role of the percutaneous approach has been expanding because of its ability to reduce pain and hospitalization, the possibility of performing the procedure under sedation, and the fact that it is potentially more cost effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: orodriguez@fundacio-puigvert.es.
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Faba
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bullent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Akdogan
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Graz Medical University, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marszalek
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Langenhuijsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Campus Grosshadern, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brookman-May
authors.affiliation: Edinburgh Urological Cancer Group, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Grant D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.affiliation: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, Cliftonville, UK.
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Capitanio
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sanguedolce
mesh_terms: D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome