Urethral wash cytopathology for monitoring patients after cystoprostatectomy with urinary diversion
✍ Scribed by Knapik, Jacquelyn A. ;Murphy, William M.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 147 KB
- Volume
- 99
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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✦ Synopsis
BACKGROUND.
Urethral wash cytopathology (UWC) has been recommended for monitoring patients after cystoprostatectomy with preservation of the penile urethra and urinary diversion. The rationale has been that early detection of urethral neoplasms (recurrences) would allow for urethrectomy to be performed before an invasive tumor developed and thus prevent or delay disease progression. Negative results of UWC would spare the patient a major surgical procedure. The authors analyzed the clinical and pathologic records of patients undergoing cystoprostatectomy with urinary diversion and preservation of the penile urethra to determine the cytohistologic correlations and to document the effect of UWC monitoring on the rate of disease progression.