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Laparoscopic and Percutaneous Cryoablation of Small Renal Masses

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Abbreviations

AS:

Active surveillance

BHD:

Birt-Hogg-Dubé

CA:

Cryoablation

LCA:

Laparoscopic cryoablation

LESS:

Laparo-endoscopic single-site

OR:

Odds ratio

OS:

Overall survival

PCA:

Percutaneous cryoablation

PN:

Partial nephrectomy

RCC:

Renal cell carcinoma

RFA:

Radiofrequency

RFS:

Recurrence-free survival

RR:

Relative risk

SRM:

Small renal mass

TA:

Thermal ablation

VHL:

Von Hippel-Lindau

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Laguna, M.P., Zondervan, P.J., de la Rosette, J.J.M.C.H. (2018). Laparoscopic and Percutaneous Cryoablation of Small Renal Masses. In: Ahmed, K., Raison, N., Challacombe, B., Mottrie, A., Dasgupta, P. (eds) The Management of Small Renal Masses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65657-1_7

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