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8347436

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-13
pubmed:abstractText
The prognosis of bladder cancer is worsened by delay in its management. To reduce such delay we have organised a clinic where intravenous urography and cystoscopy, using a flexible cystoscope, are carried out at the patient's first visit. In a two-year period 321 patients attended this clinic. The results of investigation in 305 patients are reported. A total of 6% of patients with microscopic haematuria (n = 52) and 15% of patients with macroscopic haematuria (n = 253) had transitional cell carcinomata. This difference was not significant (P = 0.08, chi-squared). The delay between referral and trans-urethral resection of tumour for patients with bladder tumours was reduced from a mean of 60 days to a mean of 33 days by the institution of the clinic (P < 0.01, Mann-Whitney). We recommend that all patients referred to a urological service with haematuria, whether macroscopic or microscopic, should be investigated. The integration of that investigation in a single day decreases delays in diagnosis and management.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0007-0947
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
128-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
An integrated haematuria clinic.
pubmed:affiliation
University Department of Surgery/Urology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't