Squamous metaplasia of bladder mucosa is frequently seen in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with long-term indwelling urinary catheters, bladder calculi or recurrent urinary infection. 1 In ...

Biopsies of bladder revealed inflammation; however, biopsy of tic revealed squamous metaplasia with keratinization and negative cytology. Antibiotics relieved his LUTS. Repeat biopsy in 6 months ...

Professor Witjes was registered as a urologist in 1992, after medical and urological training in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. In 1993, he completed his PhD on prognosis and treatment of superficial ...

Most often, the first sign that ultimately leads to the diagnosis of bladder cancer is blood in the urine. "The majority of patients may have intermittent blood in the urine, sometimes pain ...

Squamous cell bladder cancer is quite aggressive in nature, rapidly progresses and spread to other parts of the body very quickly if not treated in time. And it responds very poorly with cancer ...

Blue light cystoscopy reduces bladder cancer recurrence risk by 38% compared to white light cystoscopy, as shown in the BRAVO study. The BRAVO study used real-world data from 626 veterans, confirming ...

A cystoscopy is a procedure that allows a doctor to examine the urethra and bladder. It is fairly quick, but it can cause some discomfort. Learn more here.

Most bladder cancers (75 to 80%) do not involve the muscle wall of the bladder and are usually treated by telescopic removal of the cancer (transurethral resection of bladder tumour [TURBT]). This is ...

A cystoscopy is a test to look at the inside of your bladder and tube that carries urine from your bladder out of your body (urethra). It uses a thin tube called a cystoscope. The flexible cystoscope ...