Open AccessUtility of restage transurethral resection of bladder tumor
Author(s) -
Vignesh Manoharan,
Ravimohan Mavuduru,
Santosh Kumar,
Nandita Kakkar,
Sudheer Kumar Devana,
Girdhar S. Bora,
Shrawan Kumar Singh,
Arup Kumar Mandal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/iju.iju_218_17
Subject(s) - medicine , bladder tumor , stage (stratigraphy) , resection , prospective cohort study , confidence interval , tumor progression , surgery , radiology , bladder cancer , urology , cancer , paleontology , biology
Transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) aims at complete resection of all the visible tumors. Existing guidelines recommend restage TURBT in all patients with T1 and high-grade tumors, to avoid under-staging. However, restage TURBT may not be plausible/feasible at all the times. This study was performed with an aim to better define the utility of restage TURBT in a tertiary care hospital of India.