[Protocol for ureteroscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of the upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma]

Arch Esp Urol. 2004 Apr;57(3):291-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Since Pérez-Castro and Martínez-Piñeiro initiated diagnostic and therapeutic ureteroscopy this technique has gained a place in the management of upper urinary tract tumors. Improvement of the equipment (rigid and flexible), better diagnosis and knowledge of outcomes and allows to treat a group of patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the ureter and pelvis by the conservative retrograde technique. In this article, we present an overview of indications and management of the upper urinary tract tumor by ureteroscopy.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Ureteroscopy / methods*