Comprehensive Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Table 1

Studies that compare laparoscopic nephroureterectomy with open surgery.

Study	No. of patients	Tumor grade	Follow-up	Outcomes
Gill et al. [12]	42 in LT, 35 in OS	34 patients in LT arm and 28 in OS arm III tumors	11.1 months in LT,34.4 in OS	LT significantly decreasing morbidity with comparable oncological and survival data to OS
Shalhav et al. [13]	25 in LT 17 in OS	21 patients in LT arm and 14 in OS arm grade II	2 years in both arms	LT has longer operating time but the same efficacy and is better tolerated

LT: laparoscopic treatment, OS: open surgery.