Good morning! I’ve had this done twice and am going for my third June 23rd! All of mine have been in my liver.
The procedures for me have been super easy, especially if you have the ablation done by Interventional Radiology- it’s similar to getting a biopsy done. One poke! I think I had maybe two Tylenol total during the three day recovery period. If you have it done by laparoscopic, recovery is a little longer but still quite tolerable. Of course pain depends on where the lesion is, etc , but I’d say recovery is easy and fast.
I have Chromophobe subtype and the ablations have worked well for me. No recurrence in the area that have been ablated over the last three years.
After having open surgery twice (nephrectomy and liver wedge resection), I’d chose either procedure style for ablation every time if given the option!
Good luck! And feel free to ask me anymore questions if I can be of help. Teri