Experience with flexible video cystoscope equipped with built-in high-frequency cauterizing element for transurethral resection of the bladder.
We successfully treated three patients using the flexible video cystoscope (CYF-240A, Olympus, Japan) for superficial bladder cancer under local anesthesia and/or spinal anesthesia. The major advantage of this new technique is that surgeons can use digital pictures and high frequency cauterization. This new system provides good quality of life for bladder cancer patients experiencing frequent recurrences.
Kawakami
Masako
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Department of Urology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matstumoto, Japan. kawakamimasako@hotmail.com
Ishikawa
Masakuni
M
Furihata
Masayuki
M
Kontani
Kazuhiko
K
Kobayashi
Shinya
S
Iijima
Kazuyoshi
K
Nishizawa
Osamu
O
D000368:Aged; D002425:Cautery; D003558:Cystoscopy; D019723:Endoscopes; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*