Does preoperative percutaneous nephrostomy insertion worsen upper-tract urothelial cancer oncological outcome? A retrospective single center study
Abstract Background Physicians doubt percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) insertion on cancer related hydronephrosis patients causes tumor seeding and worse cancer control. In this article, we attempted to determine if preoperative PCN alters cancer control in upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) patients...
Main Authors: | Guan-Lin Huang, Hao-Lun Luo, Po-Hui Chiang |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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Series: | BMC Urology |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12894-019-0482-4 |
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