Urethral tumours.
A series of 33 patients with urethral tumours has been studied to assess the risk of dissemination by endoscopic diathermy. This risk is less than that of cystourethrectomy. Urethral tumours should be treated like the vesical tumours they follow and so closely resemble: by endoscopic treatment while they remain small, sparse and superficial; by cystourethrectomy as soon as they become larger and more extensive. Recurrence of tumour in the urethral stump following cystectomy should always be treated by urethrectomy.
D000368:Aged; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery