title: Narrow-band imaging (NBI) and white light (WLI) transurethral resection of the bladder in the treatment of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Narrow-band imaging (NBI) is an optical image enhancement technology Summary that narrows the bandwidth of the light output from the endoscopy system to 415 nm and 540 nm. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the feasibility of NBI transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB NBI) compared to in White Light (TURB WLI) (Feasibility study) and the recurrence rate at the 1-year follow-up in patients treated for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) (recurrence study).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 92 patients with a suspicion of primary or recurrent bladder cancer were prospectively enrolled in our study. Forty-five were consecutively enrolled to undergo WLI TURB and 47 consecutively to undergo NBI TURB. All patients underwent routine follow-up with flexible WLI cystoscopy every 3 months during the first year and every 6 months during the second year, supplemented by urine examination, urine culture, and bladder washout cytology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Type I-II complications were reported in 12 patients in the NBI group (25%) and in 10 patients in the WLI group (22%). Patients with High Grade NMIBC who underwent a second look WLI TURB had residual disease in 33% of NBI group and in 43% of WLI group.The recurrence rate at one year follow-up was 35% in NBI group and 50% in WLI group. No statistic significance can be issued for the clinical differences observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TURB performed entirely by the NBI technique is feasible and safe. It guarantees a complete and rapid resection of good quality from a pathological point of view. Moreover, the technique is relatively inexpensive with respect to other methods proposed to enhance the detection rate, for which data on operative endoscopy are lacking. In our clinical experience, even if not statistically significant, NBI TURB reduces at one year follow up the recurrence rate of bladder NMI tumours when compared to WLI TURB (35% vs. 50%). Other larger, randomized, prospective trials with longer follow-up periods are required to confirm our outcomes.
authors: Urological Department, Medical School of Medicine University of Milan, DISS A.O.S. Paolo, Milano, Italy. emanuele.montanari@unimi.it
authors: Emanuele
authors: E
authors: Montanari
authors: Jean
authors: J
authors: de la Rosette
authors: Fabrizio
authors: F
authors: Longo
authors: Alberto
authors: A
authors: Del Nero
authors: Pilar
authors: P
authors: Laguna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015653:Cystectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062048:Narrow Band Imaging; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014521:Urethra; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*