This is typically done with a procedure known as transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT). TURBT is performed under general or regional anesthesia using a special type of cystoscope—call ...

[11–17] This strategy is multidisciplinary, entailing maximal safe transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT), followed by radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy. Three centers ...

An Immunotherapy Used to Treat Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is an immunotherapy derived ...

To ensure negative surgical margins and safely preserve the ureteral orifices during bladder neck transection, we propose the use of the transurethral resectoscope for making the incision in the ...

Thus, one can clearly appreciate the benefits of a bladder sparing approach that is equally as effective as cystectomy. Single modality regimens, such as radical TURBT, in patients with T2 disease ...

Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer experienced safe medical and surgical treatment with the NURE-combo.

After five years, about 7% of men who had the surgery you had required a second operation. Most other treatments were similar ...

Bladder surgery. Some types of bladder surgery, like transurethral bladder neck incisions, may contribute to retrograde discharge if the bladder neck muscle is damaged. Cancer surgery. Some ...

Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is a type of bladder cancer where the tumor remains confined to the bladder's ...

The exact causes of overactive bladder (OAB) are unclear. However, risk factors for OAB include having an enlarged prostate, obesity, older age, smoking, and more. The bladder is an organ that ...

Oncologic outcomes following nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma are not compromised when the surgeon removes the bladder cuff via a transurethral incision. Excision of the ...

Bladder cancer primarily affects older populations ... Guideline recommendations for the management of NMIBC include TURBT as the standard of care. Up to 70 percent of NMIBC patients experience ...