title: Office-based Bladder Tumor Fulguration and Surveillance: Indications and Techniques.
abstract: This article summarizes the current literature on office-based management of low-grade, noninvasive bladder cancer. Discussion includes differences in recurrence and progression rates between neoplasm grades and stages, role of visual grading for diagnosis, cost advantages of treatment outside the operating room, and a step-by-step description of office-based procedures.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
authors.forename: Brock B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: O'Neil
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Lowrance
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011159:Population Surveillance; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*