Makito Miyake, Nobutaka Nishimura, Tomonori Nakahama, Koshiro Nishimoto, Masafumi Oyama, Yuto Matsushita, Hideaki Miyake, Hideo Fukuhara, Keiji Inoue, Keita Kobayashi, Hideyasu Matsuyama, Tomomi Fujii, Yoshihiko Hirao, Kiyohide Fujimoto
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to compare clinical outcomes between patients receiving second TUR after initial white-light transurethral resection of bladder tumor (WL-TURBT) and initial photodynamic diagnosis (PDD)-assisted TURBT. METHODS: A total of 1007 patients were divided into four groups based on the treatment pattern: WL-TURBT with second TUR (161 patients, WL-second group) or without second TUR (540 patients, WL-alone group) and PDD-TURBT with second TUR (112 patients, PDD-second group) or without second TUR (194 patients, PDD-alone group)...
April 30, 2024: International Journal of Urology: Official Journal of the Japanese Urological Association