[Image-guided tumor ablation]. / Techniques d'ablation tumorale.

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Ablatives techniques for destroying in situ a tumoral process aim tissular necrosis by the application of several physical principles. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We searched MEDLINE®, Embase®, using (MeSH) words; from January 2005 through May 2017, and we looked for all the studies. Investigators graded the strength of evidence in terms of methodology, language and relevance. RESULTS: Forty-seven articles were analyzed. We described ablative techniques and sorted them in thermal and non-thermal therapies according to the used physical principle and their frequency of use in the urological pathology. CONCLUSION: Percutaneous ablative therapies are mini-invasive techniques, which have an important role in tumors focal treatment. This article is a review of the ablative therapies and describes their physical principles, their equipment and their recent technological modifications, which have been developed to improve the clinical success of these techniques.