Reference (year) | Coaxial needle | Needles size (gauge) | Number of passes | Time to seeding | Pathological findings | Follow up |
Gibbons et al. (1977) | No | 18 | N/A | 20 months | RCC | 15 months after seeding, no recurrence |
Auvert et al. (1982) | No | N/A | N/A | 7 years | Oncocytoma | N/A |
Wehle et al. (1986) | No | 20 | N/A | 4 years | Papillary RCC | Died 10 month after seeding |
Kiser et al. (1986) | No | 14 and 20 | N/A | 24 days | Papillary RCC | 18 months after nephrectomy, no recurrence |
Shenoy et al. (1991) | No | 23 | 7 to 8 | 12 months | RCC | N/A |
Abe and Saitho (1992) | No | N/A | N/A | 30 months | Angiomyoliposarcoma | N/A |
Mullins and Rodriguez (2013) | No | 20 and 22 | 6 | 2 months | Papillary RCC | 3 months after nephrectomy, no recurrence |
Sainani et al. (2013) | Yes | 20 and 25 | N/A | 4 years | Papillary RCC | 7 years after nephrectomy and cryoablation |
Giordadze et al. (2013) | No | 20 and 22 | N/A | 4 years | Papillary RCC | N/A |
Chang et al. (2015) | No | 16 and 22 | 2 | 66 days | Clear cell RCC | 6 months after nephrectomy, no recurrence |
Soares et al. (2015) | Yes | 17 and 18 | 4 | 56 days | Papillary RCC | 1 month after partial nephrectomy, no recurrence |
Viswanathan et al. (patient A, 2015) | Yes | 19 and 20 | N/A | 10 months | Clear cell RCC | Died 2 years after initial presentation |
Viswanathan et al. (patient B, 2015) | Yes | 19 and 20 | N/A | 2 months | Papillary RCC type 1 | 5 years after biopsy, no recurrence |
Andersen and Norus (patient A, 2016) | Yes | N/A | N/A | 4 years and 7 years | RCC | N/A |
Andersen and Norus (patient B, 2016) | N/A | N/A | N/A | at the time of nephrectomy | RCC | 4 times of local recurrence between 2 years and 4 years and 5 months after initial surgery |