Nephroureterectomy for transitional cell carcinoma - the value of pre-operative histology.

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Sudhanshu ChitaleNeil Burgess

Abstract

Nephroureterectomy with excision of a cuff of bladder remains the standard for managing upper tract transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). Increasing use of diagnostic upper tract endoscopy has underlined the importance of obtaining a pre-operative histological diagnosis in order to avoid under-treating high-grade or multifocal disease and over-treating low-grade disease, which could, in selected cases, be managed conservatively. We review nephroureterectomy at our institution over a 10-year period with particular reference to a pre-operative histological diagnosis. Nephroureterectomy was performed in 113 patients from February 1994 to February 2004. Of these cases, 58 were for upper tract TCC and 50 of these 58 had intravenous urography (IVU): 9 had only IVU, 28 had an additional CT scan, 5 had an additional ultrasonography and 8 had additional CT + ultrasonography for pre-operative work-up. Thirty-four of the 58 cases had retrograde pyelography. Nineteen (32.7%) of the 58 cases had a pre-operative ureteroscopy (URS) and biopsy; 14 of these had rigid URS for tumours in the lower (11) and middle (3) thirds of the ureter and 5 had flexible URS for pelvicalyceal tumours by an experienced endourologist. Thirty-one (53%) of the 58 tumo...Continue Reading

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