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Percutaneous endoscopic treatment of urothelial tumours of the renal pelvis
Author(s) -
Plancke H.R.F.,
Strijbos W.E.M.,
Delaere K.P.J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1995.tb07382.x
Subject(s) - renal pelvis , percutaneous , medicine , kidney pelvis , pelvis , urology , radiology , ureter
Objective To evaluate the Results of percutaneous endoscopic treatment of renal pelvic transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). Patients and methods Ten patients (median age, 70 years; range 56‐86) with a renal pelvic TCC were treated by percutaneous endoscopic resection. Seven had a normal contralateral kidney and were treated electively. Results Follow‐up was from 3 to 77 months. There was one recurrence locally and one recurrence in the bladder. There have been no recurrences in the nephrostomy tract. Conclusion We have shown that percutaneous resection of intrarenal TCC is a possible and safe technique. Further follow‐up is needed to confirm its safety.