@Article{,
AUTHOR = {Rodrigo Donalisio da Silva, Paulo Jaworski, 
Diedra Gustafson, Leticia Nogueira, Francis Kang, 
Wilson Molina, Fernando J. Kim},
TITLE = {How I do it: laparoscopic renal cryoablation (LRC)},
JOURNAL = {Canadian Journal of Urology},
VOLUME = {21},
YEAR = {2014},
NUMBER = {6},
PAGES = {7574--7577},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/CJU/v21n6/61325},
ISSN = {1488-5581},
ABSTRACT = {Recently, diagnoses of small renal masses and renal cell 
carcinoma (RCC) have increased due to the widespread use 
of radiographic imaging studies (computerized tomography, 
magnetic resonance imaging). It appears that biological 
factors such as obesity and tobacco use increase the risk for 
RCC. In general, small malignant renal masses are low 
stage and low grade. The management of asymptomatic 
renal masses is a surgical challenge since overtreatment of 
benign masses is not desired, especially for patients with 
complex medical comorbidities, elderly patients, and those 
with impaired renal function. 
Partial nephrectomy has been considered the gold standard 
when treating small renal masses. However, technical 
challenges and possible irreversible ischemia-reperfusion 
injury should be considered when treating these lesions. 
Preservation of renal function without compromising 
oncological control is the foundation for nephron-sparing 
surgery. Laparoscopic renal cryoablation (LRC) emerges as 
an option to treat small renal masses due to the less invasive 
procedure with low intraoperative complications rates, 
with no renal ischemia-reperfusion injury and comparable 
medium term follow up. It is our objective to demonstrate 
our technique to perform an effective small renal tumor 
cryoablation using the laparoscopic approach.},
DOI = {}
}