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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MICROWAVE COAGULATION OF A VX‐2 CARCINOMA IMPLANTED IN RABBIT KIDNEY
Author(s) -
Kigure Teruaki,
Harada Tadashi,
Yuri Yasuhiro,
Fujieda Nobuo,
Satoh Yoshinobu
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1994.tb00003.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rabbit (cipher) , coagulation , carcinoma , kidney , urology , pathology , oncology , statistics , mathematics
This paper describes the results of an experimental study of the microwave coagulation of VX‐2 renal tumors implanted in rabbits. The rabbits undergoing microwave treatment exhibited a satisfactory survival rate and a complete response to treatment, as verified by histological examination. All the rabbits receiving no treatment died within 6 weeks of implantation of the VX‐2 carcinoma. These results indicate that microwave coagulation may be a curative method of treatment for a relatively small renal tumor. Intraoperative real‐time ultrasonic scanning permits the percutaneous microwave coagulation of renal cancer in a clinical situation.