Percutaneous management of upper-tract transitional cell carcinoma
Ben H Chew1, Stephen E Pautler, John D Denstedt
1Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract:
The gold standard treatment for supravesical urothelial carcinoma has been open radical nephroureterectomy based on the premise that this cancer is a field defect. However, nephroureterectomy is an extensive procedure that may not be tolerated by all patients. Percutaneous and ureteroscopic approaches have been utilized in an attempt to avoid the potential morbidity associated with traditional open surgery. This review provides an update on percutaneous management of upper-tract urothelial transitional-cell cancer based on a review of the pertinent literature.
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