title: New method of bladder biopsy using combined aspiration and snare.
abstract: A method of multiple random biopsy combined with bladder wall aspiration and snare in bladder cancer is presented. Our method was used on 23 patients with clinically superficial bladder cancer and was found to have advantages in obtaining an adequate amount of tissue with minimal thermal degeneration.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Urology, Hokuso Hospital and Second Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamasaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohaki
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000473:pathology*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D013048:Specimen Handling; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*