MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENT OF SMALL KIDNEY CANCER
Fablation is a minimally invasive method of local destruction, widely implemented in combined treatment of kidney cancer. Implementation of RF ablation allowed wdening the indications for more radical treatment of kidney tumors in patients, which are not eligible for traditional nefrectomy or kidney resection, due to extremely adverse somatic status. Effectivity and safety of RF ablation are significantly increased if preceded by superselective occlusion of blood vessels, supplying the tumor. We possess the experience of implementing superselective embolisation in combination with RF ablation of two patients with kidney tumors. In both cases a good result of combined treatment has been observed. This combination can be an alternative to operation on opened kidney in number of patients, widening the arsenal of contemporary minimally invasive kidney tumor's treatment methods.