title: Experience with flexible video cystoscope equipped with built-in high-frequency cauterizing element for transurethral resection of the bladder.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matstumoto, Japan. kawakamimasako@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Masakuni
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furihata
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kontani
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
mesh_terms: 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*