BioGlue Surgical Adhesive as a Thermal Reflector During Laparoscopic Cryoablation: Effect on Iceball Size and Ablation Zone Diameter

摘要

Background and Objectives:Cryoablation represents an alternative for treating small renal cortical neoplasms (RCN). Previously, we demonstrated that applying BioGlue during cryoablation diminished bleeding and incidentally noted that the iceballs seemed larger than those in controls. We examined the effects of BioGlue as a thermal insulator of cryoablated tissue to determine its effect on iceball size.