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Retrospective German claims data study on initial treatment of bladder carcinoma (BCa) by transurethral bladder resection (TURB): a comparative analysis of costs using standard white light- (WL-) vs. blue light- (BL-) TURB

PURPOSE: Photodynamic diagnosis using hexaminolevulinate (HAL)—guided BL-TURB may reduce the recurrence risk in non-muscle invasive BCa compared to standard WL-TURB due to more sensitive tumor detection. The impact of the initial use of WL- vs. BL-TURB on follow-up costs was evaluated in this real-w...

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Autores principales: Todenhöfer, Tilman, Maas, Moritz, Ketz, Miriam, Kossack, Nils, Colling, Christiane, Qvick, Bryan, Stenzl, Arnulf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33569642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00345-020-03587-0