RESECTION OF PAPILLARY TRANSITIONAL-CELL CARCINOMA USING ENDOSCOPIC SNARE

Authors
CHUNG S KWART AM
Citation
S. Chung et Am. Kwart, RESECTION OF PAPILLARY TRANSITIONAL-CELL CARCINOMA USING ENDOSCOPIC SNARE, Urology, 42(4), 1993, pp. 440-442
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00904295
Volume
42
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
440 - 442
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-4295(1993)42:4<440:ROPTCU>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We describe a method to remove papillary transitional cell carcinoma o f the bladder using an adapted colonoscopic snare for transurethral el ectroresection. This method permits safe and accurate resection of pap illary bladder tumors without the complications associated with the us e of the resectoscope.