Open AccessEndoscopic laser en bloc removal of bladder tumor. Surgical radicality and improvement of the pathological diagnostic accuracy
Author(s) -
Rosario Leonardi,
Alessandro Calarco,
Lorenzo Falcone,
V. Grasso,
Marco Frisenda,
Antonio Tufano,
Pietro Viscuso,
Antonio Rossi,
Lorenzo Memeo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
archivio italiano di urologia andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.429
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2282-4197
pISSN - 1124-3562
DOI - 10.4081/aiua.2022.2.134
Subject(s) - medicine , bladder cancer , surgery , pathological , forceps , bladder tumor , resection , biopsy , cancer , radiology
Bladder cancer is one of the most common tumors among the general population. The first surgical approach to the tumor is often the transurethral resection with monopolar or bipolar loop. Recently, laser energy has become an alternative for resection of small bladder tumor, because it allows to obtain high quality samples with the "en bloc" technique. Our study aims to show the results of endoscopic diode laser treatment of bladder tumor up to three centimeters in maximum diameter.