[Nd. Yag treatment of bladder tumors]

Between 1989 and 1992 116 patients suffering from tumours of the bladder were treated with Nd. Yag laser. In 74 cases only laser treatment was applied, in 42 cases the laser treatment was combined with transurethral resection (TUR). The patients were in the phases TA, T1, T2 and in the majority of them the histological examination did not reveal grade 3. No considerable complications, e. g. perforation of the bladder or important haemorrhages were observed during laser treatment. After laser and TUR + laser treatment, respectively, relapses occurred in 16-19% of the cases, considerably less than after treatment carried out with TUR exclusively.