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Thermal Ablation for the Treatment of Abdominal Tumors
Published on: March 7, 2011
Case report: percutaneous cryoablation of a small renal lesion necessitating modified lateral decubitus position
Chris McClung1, Andrew Wright, Ken Pierce
1Department of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA. cmcclung@lumc.edu
Journal of Endourology
|November 29, 2007
Abstract:
When performing percutaneous cryoablation for renal masses, the standard patient positioning has been the prone position. We present a case in which placing the patient in a modified lateral decubitus position aided in the access of probe placement for percutaneous cryoablation.

