Medical & Surgical Urology
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Venetiana Panaretou

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• Research Article
  Efficacy of Hexaminolevulinate Photodynamic Diagnosis of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
  Author(s): Ioannis Papazoglou, Ioannis Varkarakis, Michael Chrisofos, Venetiana Panaretou, Ioannis Kastriotis, Apostolos Rempelakos and Charalambos Deliveliotis Ioannis Papazoglou, Ioannis Varkarakis, Michael Chrisofos, Venetiana Panaretou, Ioannis Kastriotis, Apostolos Rempelakos and Charalambos Deliveliotis
  
  Objective: This study evaluated the efficacy of hexaminolevulinate fluorescence cystoscopy as a diagnostic tool for bladder cancer. The study was a case series in the Department of Urology in Hippokratio General Hospital of Athens between October 2008 and May 2012. Methods: Fifty patients (43 males and 7 females) who were investigated for hematuria were included in the study. White light cystoscopy (WLC) was first performed in all patients and after was performed a fluorescence cystoscopy (BLC-blue light cystoscopy). Biopsies were collected from any suspicious area and resection of the tumors identified (TUR).Whenever no suspicious areas could be seen, a standard random mapping including 8 biopsies overall was completed. Results: Patients demographic data and clinical history are presented in Table 1. Two-hundred twenty specimens were extracted and bladder cancer was diagnosed in 137... View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2168-9857.1000180

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