RECURRENCE AND SURVIVAL FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL NEPHROURETERECTOMY WITH VARIOUS FORMS OF BLADDER CUFF CONTROL

Abstract

These data underscore the aggressive nature of high stage, high grade upper tract TCC and validate the importance of complete excision of the distal ureter and bladder cuff during LNUX. In patients without coexisting bladder tumor the CDL method, which allows formal bladder cuff excision in a secured manner akin to that of established open surgical principles, appears oncologically valid.