Office-based cystoureteroscopy for assessment of the upper urinary tract.
Nephron-sparing management of malignant or benign lesions of the upper tracts creates the need for surveillance. This usually requires serial endoscopic assessment in the operating room under general anesthesia. Herein is presented a novel alternative to follow selected patients in the office setting using readily available adult cystoscopic equipment.
Cleveland Clinic Urological Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. joness7@ccf.org
J Stephen
JS
Jones
Stevan B
SB
Streem
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017046:Cost Savings; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018666:Ureteroscopy