TABLE I.
Recent studies on radiofrequency ablation for renal tumours
| Tumour type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Patients (n) | Tumours (n) | Mean tumour size or range (cm) | Exophytic | Parenchymal, central, or mixed | Approach | Success onct(%) | Follow-up (months) |
| Varkarakis et al., 200530 | 46 | 56 | 2.2 | 39 | 17 | Perc | 84 (47/56) | 27 |
| Gervais et al., 200531 | 85 | 100 | 1.1–8.9 | 67 | 33 | Perc | 99 (79/80) | 28 |
| Hwang et al., 200432 | 17 | 24 | 2.2 | 10 | 14 | Lap=15 | 96 (23/24)
Perc=9 |
13 |
| Lewin et al., 200433 | 10 | 10 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 | Perc | 100 (10/10) | 25 |
| Matsumoto et al., 200434 | 91 | 109 | 2.4 | N/A | N/A | Lap=46 | 98 (107/109)
Perc=63 |
19 |
| Ukimura et al., 200435 | 9 | 9 | 3.8 | 5 | 3 | Perc | 78 (7/9) | 17 |
| Zagoria et al., 200425 | 22 | 24 | 3.5 | 9 | 15 | Perc | 100 (<3 cm)
69 (>3 cm) |
7 |
| Farrell et al., 200336 | 20 | 35 | 1.7 | 22 | 13 | Perc | 100 (35/35) | 9 |
| Mayo–Smith et al., 200337 | 32 | 32 | 2.6 | 29 | 3 | Perc | 100 (32/32) | 9 |
| Roy–Choudhury et al., 200338 | 8 | 11 | 3.0 | 9 | 2 | Perc | 88 (7/8) | 17 |
| Su et al., 200339 | 29 | 35 | 2.2 | 28 | 7 | Perc | 100 (35/35) | 9 |
| Ogan et al., 200229 | 12 | 13 | 2.4 | 10 | 3 | Perc | 92 (12/13) | 5 |
| Pavlovich et al., 20027 | 21 | 24 | 2.4 | 13 | 11 | Perc | 79 (19/24) | 2 |
ct = computed tomography; Perc = percutaneous; Lap = laparoscopic.