Urinothorax following percutaneous image-guided renal cryoablation

Management of iatrogenic urinothorax following ultrasound guided percutaneous nephrostomy.

A 64 year-old male with metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma presented with bilateral hydronephrosis and renal impairment. Bilateral percutaneous nephrostomy drainage followed by ante-grade stenting was done. Shortly afterwards, the patient developed an extensive left-sided pleural effusion. His serum creatinine rose and he became anuric. Emergency pleural aspiration and later, pleural drainage w...

Image-guided percutaneous renal cryoablation for stage 1 renal cell carcinoma with high surgical risk

BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and therapeutic effects of percutaneous renal cryoablation under local anesthesia with conscious sedation for patients who have unresectable stage 1 (T1NoMo) renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in high surgical risk. METHODS Eighteen patients who were not candidates for surgery underwent primary cryosurgery guided by gray-scale ...

Incidence of hypercoagulable events after image-guided percutaneous cryoablation of renal tumors: a single-center experience.

PURPOSE To identify retrospectively hypercoagulable events that occurred over time in patients who underwent image-guided percutaneous renal cryoablation and compare the incidence with a cohort of patients who underwent surgical partial nephrectomy (PN) during the same time period. MATERIALS AND METHODS An electronic medical record database was queried for patients who underwent percutaneous ...

Complications following 573 percutaneous renal radiofrequency and cryoablation procedures.

PURPOSE To review complications related to percutaneous renal tumor ablation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospectively collected data related to renal radiofrequency (RF) ablation and cryoablation procedures performed from May 2000 through November 2010 were reviewed. This included 573 renal ablation procedures performed in 533 patients to treat 633 tumors. A total of 254 RF ablation and 311 cryoa...

Image guided cryoablation of renal cell carcinoma: The Leeds experience