title: The experience of the CHU Liège with conservative surgery in the management of upper urinary tract tumors.
abstract: A review of 20 cases of conservative surgery for urothelial tumors of the upper tract is presented. The morbidity is limited; the recurrence rate is around 15% in the ipsilateral urinary tract with a mean follow up of 41 months. Conservative surgery does not seem to carry a higher fatal risk as compared to more radical surgery. It has indications in some cases which are defined.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital, CHU du Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bouffioux
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andrianne
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonnet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boca
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vaesen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baldé
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Leval
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014571:Urologic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*