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Cystoscopy

Studies by R.I. Lopes and co-authors describe new findings in cystoscopy

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 30th, 2008

"We compare virtual cystoscopy (VC) and transabdominal ultrasonography (US) with conventional cystoscopy (CC), the gold standard, for detection of bladder tumors. Forty-five patients suspected to have bladder neoplasms were evaluated prospectively," scientists in Sao Paulo, Brazil report.

"They underwent transabdominal US, followed by VC and CC. We compared sensitivity and specificity of US and VC and their positive and negative likelihood ratios. US and VC detection rates for tumors <= 1 cm and tumors larger than 1 cm were compared. Histologic grade and multiplicity were correlated to detection rate. In the study population of 33 men and 12 women, mean age was 67.1...

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