An Analysis of the Efficacy, Safety, and Cost-Effectiveness of Fulguration Under Local Anesthesia for Small-Sized Recurrent Masses: A Comparative Analysis to Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumors in a Matched Cohort

Abstract

Fulguration under local anesthesia for a small-sized recurrent mass is safe and efficacious in properly selected patients. In addition, it also significantly reduces the medical cost and avoids unnecessary anesthesia. Although the two treatments yielded similar oncological results, this finding should be validated in a large-scale, well-designed prospective study.