Office-based cystoureteroscopy for assessment of the upper urinary tract

Nephron-sparing management of malignant or benign lesions of the upper tracts creates the need for surveillance. This usually requires serial endoscopic assessment in the operating room under general anesthesia. Herein is presented a novel alternative to follow selected patients in the office settin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of endourology 2002-06, Vol.16 (5), p.307-309
Hauptverfasser:	JONES, J. Stephen, STREEM, Stevan B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ambulatory Care Ambulatory Surgical Procedures - economics Biological and medical sciences Carcinoma, Transitional Cell - diagnosis Cost Savings Humans Medical sciences Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - diagnosis Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the urinary system Ureteral Neoplasms - diagnosis Ureteroscopy
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Zusammenfassung:	Nephron-sparing management of malignant or benign lesions of the upper tracts creates the need for surveillance. This usually requires serial endoscopic assessment in the operating room under general anesthesia. Herein is presented a novel alternative to follow selected patients in the office setting using readily available adult cystoscopic equipment.
ISSN:	0892-7790 1557-900X
DOI:	10.1089/089277902760102802