Long-term results of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy with radiofrequency ablation
The wide use of current diagnostic techniques, such as ultrasound study, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, has led to significantly increased detection rates for disease in its early stages. This gave rise to a change in the standards for the treatment of locally advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Laparoscopic nephrectomy (LN) has recently become the standard treatment of locally advanced RCC in the clinics having much experience with laparoscopic surgery. The chief drawback of LN is difficulties in maintaining intraoperative hemostasis and a need for creating renal tissue ischemia. The paper gives the long-term oncologic and functional results of application of the new procedure of LN using radiofrequency thermal ablation in patients with non-ischemic early-stage RCC.