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Comprehensive Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
Table 2
Studies that compare hand-assisted laparoscopic nephroureterectomy with other techniques.
| Study | No. of patients | Tumor grade | Follow-up | Outcomes |
| Kawauchi et al. [18] | 34 in HALN 34 in OS | 24 patients in HALN arm and 25 in OS arm grade II | 13.1 months in HALN,48.8 in OS | TTR for HALN 9.5 months with RR 12% TTR for OS 14.4 months with RR 47% | Seifman et al. [26] | 16 in HALN 11 in OS | 12 patients in HALN arm and 9 in OS grade II tumors | 19 months in HALN,16 in OS | TR for HALN in 3 patients and for OS in 7 patients | Landman et al. [20] | 16 in HALN 11 in LN | 13 patients in HALN arm and 8 in LN arm grade III tumors | 9.6 months in HALN,27.4 in LN | HALN decreases operative time without significantly altering short-term parameters of convalescence |
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HALN: hand-assisted laparoscopic nephroureterectomy, LN:
laparoscopic nephroureterectomy, OS: open surgery, TTR: time to recurrence, RR:
recurrence rate, TR: tumor recurrence.
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