Oncologic outcomes following nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma are not compromised when the surgeon removes the bladder cuff via a transurethral incision. Excision of the ...

Radical nephroureterectomy with an ipsilateral bladder cuff is the gold-standard therapy for upper-tract cancers. However, less invasive alternatives have a role in the treatment of this disease.

2007;4(8):432-443. Raman and colleagues reported that, following definitive surgical resection of upper-tract TCC (nephroureterectomy or segmental ureterectomy), bladder tumors developed in 44% of ...