title: Routine use of ultrasound and flexible cystoscopy in the control of benign bladder tumours.
abstract: During the period 1987-1992, 99 patients with benign bladder tumours were followed regularly with transabdominal ultrasound of the bladder and out-patient flexible cystoscopy. Thirty-five patients had recurrent bladder tumours, but in only one case was there progression to invasive tumour. Seventy-six per cent of the recurrences were diagnosed by flexible cystoscopy while 22% were found by ultrasound. Compared to conventional follow-up programs with in-patient rigid cystoscopy the combination of ultrasound and flexible cystoscopy proved to be safe, highly acceptable by the patients and cost-effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Radiology, Randers Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Knoblauch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rønning
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Knudsen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Nielsen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003558:Cystoscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018307:Neoplasms, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control