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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Cold saline irrigation of the renal pelvis during Radiofrequency Ablation of a central renal neoplasm: a case report. | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Cold saline irrigation of the renal pelvis during Radiofrequency Ablation of a central renal neoplasm a case report Jose P Morales1 Tarun Sabharwal 1 Marios Georganas1 Renato Dourado1 Declan Cahill2 and Andreas Adam1 Address Department of Interventional Radiology Guy s and St Thomas Foundation Hospital NHS Trust London UK and - Department of Urology Guy s and St Thomas Foundation Hospital NHS Trust London UK Email Jose P Morales - jpmorales@ Tarun Sabharwal - Marios Georganas - gmarios@ Renato Dourado - Declan Cahill - Andreas Adam - Corresponding author Published 7 February 2008 Received 21 March 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 40 doi 1752-1947-2-40 Accepted 7 February 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 40 2008 Morales et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Introduction Thermal destruction mediated by radiofrequency ablation RFA is gaining attention as an alternative treatment for patients with renal cell carcinoma RCC particularly in those who are not candidates for open surgery. Treatment of central tumours is occasionally associated with complications such as ureteric stricture injury to the psoas muscle haematuria and vascular laceration. Case presentation We have used infusion of cold saline during RFA through a retrograde ureteric catheter with its tip in the renal pelvis in a patient with a central renal tumour. Conclusion We believe this process to have .