DEVELOPMENT OF A RENAL TUMOR MIMIC MODEL FOR LEARNING MINIMALLY INVASIVE NEPHRON SPARING SURGICAL TECHNIQUES

Abstract

The described renal tumor mimic model reproducibly creates ex vivo and in vivo porcine kidney lesions. Lesion size and impedance do not change with the application of radio frequency energy. This model should be a valuable adjunct in the development, assessment and teaching of novel, nephron sparing, minimally invasive surgical techniques.