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Upper tract urothelial carcinoma: can the tumor be removed en bloc?
- Authors: Martov A.G.1,2,3, Ergakov D.V.1,2, Andronov A.S.1,2
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Affiliations:
- State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation – A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Federal Medical and Biological Agency
- D.D. Pletnev City Clinical Hospital, Moscow Healthcare Department
- Medical Scientific Education Center, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Issue: Vol 18, No 3 (2022)
- Pages: 123-127
- Section: CLINICAL NOTES
- Published: 10.12.2022
- URL: https://oncourology.abvpress.ru/oncur/article/view/1584
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17650/1726-9776-2022-18-3-123-127
- ID: 1584
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Abstract
Diagnosis and treatment of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) remain important problems of clinical urology. UTUC en bloc i.e. in one-piece removal during organ-sparing surgery is still hardly possible. The most typical endourological operations are either electrosurgery, holmium or thulium YAG laser tumor vaporization.
We present a clinical case of ureteroscopic en bloc UTUC removal using a new super pulse thulium fiber laser (SPTFL, FiberLase U3). Recent innovations and trends in this field are also discussed. The technical steps of en bloc ureteroscopic tumor removal allowing for diagnosis verification, identification of pT stage and surgical margin are described. The further innovations in laser UTUC removal include modulation of laser pulse length and development of the correlation between preoperative tumor characteristics and possibility of en bloc removal.
About the authors
A. G. Martov
State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation – A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Federal Medical and Biological Agency; D.D. Pletnev City Clinical Hospital, Moscow Healthcare Department; Medical Scientific Education Center, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: martovalex@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6324-6110
Aleksey Georgievich Martov
Urology and Andrology Department, Medical and Biological University of Innovation and Continuous Education
Build. 8, 46 Zhivopisnaya St., Moscow 123098;
Build. 1, 32 11th Parkovaya St., Moscow 105077;
Build. 10, 27 Lomonosovskiy Prospekt, Moscow 119991
D. V. Ergakov
State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation – A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Federal Medical and Biological Agency; D.D. Pletnev City Clinical Hospital, Moscow Healthcare Department
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1682-7208
Urology and Andrology Department, Medical and Biological University of Innovation and Continuous Education
Build. 8, 46 Zhivopisnaya St., Moscow 123098;
Build. 1, 32 11th Parkovaya St., Moscow 105077
A. S. Andronov
State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation – A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Federal Medical and Biological Agency; D.D. Pletnev City Clinical Hospital, Moscow Healthcare Department
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5492-6808
Urology and Andrology Department, Medical and Biological University of Innovation and Continuous Education
Build. 8, 46 Zhivopisnaya St., Moscow 123098;
Build. 1, 32 11th Parkovaya St., Moscow 105077
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