Purpose: To assess the safety, success, and complications associated with retrograde ureteric stent insertion via the ileal conduit.
Materials And Methods: The study population comprised 35 consecutive patients (17 men and 18 women; mean age, 55 y; age range, 40-75 y) requiring primary (20 stents) and exchange (70 stents) retrograde ureteric stent insertion via the ileal conduit over a 3-year period. Patient demographic data, procedural and technical data, and clinical follow-up data were collected.
Unlabelled: Study Type - Diagnostic (exploratory cohort) Level of Evidence 2b What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Haematuria clinics with same day imaging and flexible cystoscopy are an efficient way for investigating patients with haematuria. The principal role of haematuria clinics with reference to bladder cancer is to determine which patients are 'normal' and may be discharged, and which patients are abnormal and should undergo rigid cystoscopy. It is well recognised that CT urography offers a thorough evaluation of the upper urinary tract for stones, renal masses and urothelial neoplasms but the role of CT urography for diagnosing bladder cancer is less certain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose Of Review: To review recent developments in imaging for bladder cancer (BCa) diagnosis and staging.
Recent Findings: Recent technical advances in multidetector computed tomography (CT) and, especially, CT urography make CT the preferred imaging modality for diagnosis and staging of BCa. CT urography combined with cystoscopy is emerging as the diagnostic imaging pathway of choice for investigating haematuria.
Objective: To evaluate multidetector computed tomography urography (MDCTU) for diagnosing upper urinary tract (UUT) urothelial tumour by comparison with retrograde ureteropyelography (RUP).
Patients And Methods: MDCTU and RUP were used in a selected series of adult patients presenting with haematuria. Entry criteria were based on findings on intravenous urography and were chosen to ensure a high prevalence of UUT urothelial tumour to allow a valid retrospective comparison of the diagnostic techniques.
Objective: To evaluate the use of computed tomography urography (CTU) for diagnosing bladder tumours in patients with macroscopic haematuria and aged >40 years.
Patients And Methods: In all, 200 consecutive patients attending a fast-track haematuria clinic were assessed using 'same-day' CTU and flexible cystoscopy. Patients were aged >40 years and had macroscopic haematuria with no urine infection.