Scheduled for kidney surgery

@conniefg I believe @collegeprof had an freezing or ablation of a kidney tumor. Hoping he will check in with his experience, so you will be able to listen to that.
Ginger

That would be great!

@mysupportmydr46 @gingerw
Sorry for the delayed response. I celebrated turkey days out of state.
Several years ago, I had a mass on my right kidney. My urologist sent me to an "interventional radiologist" for further study. It was cancerous and this radiologist performed a procedure called "cryoablation". This is a total outpatient procedure done in the hospital with no pain whatsoever. Basically, the radiologist freezes the mass where further growth is halted. Over a short period of time, the cyst or mass dissipates or desolves. For each of the next 5 years, you would get an annual Xray of the area to make sure that no further growth has taken place and the mass is completely dissolved.

For me, if surgery is needed by any 5 star doctor, I would always get a second opinion no matter what the age. I have seen trained surgeons practice their trade quite well, even when a less invasive alternative may be a viable solution.

My Mayo oncologist told me that because they use a sheathing for biopsy, there is little chance of spread. Is he right?

@drloisabel, here are the test used for diagnosing kidney cancer from Mayo Clinic https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/kidney-cancer/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20352669

Have you recently been diagnosed with kidney cancer?

I know the diagnostic tests. My question was about the possibility of “seeding” in doing a biopsy.

What is the probability of spread during a kidney cancer biopsy?

Hi again
This is Fern
I posted in November 24. My surgery was scheduled for Jan 2025 but was put on wait, due to hospital scheduling. In the mean time i had a complet knee replacement. Now I'm scheduled for sometime in May for kidney surgery. The Dr has a new tool Robot. I agree he can use it. I asked if he could now do a partial, he said no because tumor is in difficult location.

Hello,
I am 67 years old and underwent a partial nephrectomy of the left kidney on December 15, 2023. After the surgery, the biopsy confirmed what previous tests had indicated: cancer. I have been undergoing regular follow-up exams, and so far, everything is going well. The procedure was done using robotic surgery, and the recovery was smooth—with some pain, but nothing too severe. I lead a normal life, practice sports, and continue working. I consider the surgery to have been the essential treatment.
Best wishes!
Analía Soria Batista, Brasília, Brazil.

Hello I am scheduled for surgery to remove a tumor in my left kidney on may 16th. I am worried as I had a heart attack in 2020 in Tucson Az and they put the stent in the wrong artery. I had leg lengthening surgery in Minneapolis Mn in 2010 and after they took off the apprentice they cracked my hip on my left side in surgery and didn't tell me. I had too much of a polio vaccine when I was 4 years old in Mexico City and as I am half Ukraine and half Spanish I would have been tall so I have had to shorten my right leg and lengthen my left. I have been in a wheelchair 3 times in my life for a year at a time. I am now scared as I walk ok but have no muscle strength in my left leg that I won't be able to even walk as well as I am now.I am having the surgery at Mayo clinic in Rochester and I live 2 hours south of Phoenix so I am thinking I need to stay in a hotel following my surgry for a week in Rochester to be close to Dr. Thank you for listening to me. Ra