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partial nephrectomy vs. lap. cryoablation, what to choose?
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Dec 10, 2020 - 6:48 pm
Hello, my surgeon gave me the choice of doing a laparosopic cryoablation or a robotic partial nephrectomy to remove my kidney tumor. Any advice, personal experience or helpful information on what to choose is welcome. What has the least complications or quicker recovery and will preserve more of my kidney function? Thank you. |
Joined: Jun 2019
What size is your tumor? If
What size is your tumor? If you have cryoblation without a biopsy, they can't do a pathology report afterwards to determine the type of cancer, or even if it's actually cancer or a benign growth.
Joined: Mar 2014
They also can't establish
They also can't establish negative margins if I remember correctly. I was told that ablation is recommended for elderly people who are poor candidates for surgery. The gold standard so to speak is surgery.
Joined: Jun 2016
I had the same choice in 2016
I had the same choice in 2016 for a 1.7 cm lesion. At the time, the urologic oncologist said statistics for a lesion that size were a cure rate in the mid-90% or so range for ablation and a cure rate of 99%+ for surgery. I chose the robotic surgery because of the virtual certainty that the procedure would be curative.
Joined: Dec 2020
RAPN
Thanks Bay Area Guy, have decided on robotic partial nephrectomy, it's the only way to be sure after doing lots of comparisons on procedures.
Joined: Jun 2016
Wishing you a boring and
Wishing you a boring and uneventful procedure and a swift recovery.
Joined: Apr 2020
i thing surgery os the best
i thing surgery os the best way
Joined: Dec 2012
Surgery
I've had good luck with surgery. Plus you get a pathology report and know what the tumor was for future treatments. Part of the tumor will be saved for future testing for genetics for any treatments. You might get a biopsy before the ablation if you choose that so you have those things if possible.
Best of luck to you,
Todd