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Renal cryoablation approaches yield similar outcomes

Cryoablation of small renal masses yields similar survival rates with a laparoscopic or percutaneous approach, but the options involve tradeoffs of disease control versus convenience and cost.

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Physician's Focus: Radiation Risk in Urolithiasis

Imaging procedures for diagnosing stone disease have been found to be a major source of ionizing radiation to patient, especially young and middle-aged, and practitioner alike. As a result, the FDA has called for a reduction in radiation exposure. ModernMedicine's articles describe the risks and the potential methods to reduce exposure.

Physician's Focus: Radiation Risk in Prostate Cancer

The ECRI Institute has named high radiation doses from computed tomography as number four on its 2010 list of top 10 health technology hazards. This follows on the heels of a key study published in the British Medical Journal in which researchers found an elevated risk for stroke and heart disease was associated with exposure to radiation doses above 0.5 Gy.

Robotic renal surgery: Advantages and technical considerations

With a foundation of robotic surgery investigated and established for radical prostatectomy, urologists have now focused on expanding robotic applications to the upper tract. The most common examples are robotic partial nephrectomy and robotic pyeloplasty.

Integrating Late-Breaking Growth Factor Evidence, Guidelines, and Policy Into Clinical Practice

Patience required when evaluating radiofrequency ablation

Evaluating the efficacy of radiofrequency ablation of renal cortical tumors requires a degree of patience because histologic changes and cell death in and near lesions targeted by the treatment may continue to evolve for a year or even longer.