1.The individual surgical protocol of transurethral en bloc resection of bladder tumor based on VI-RADS and preliminary experience
Henglong HU ; Boya LI ; Zheng LIU ; Xiaoyan MENG ; Cong LI ; Fan LI ; Jia HU ; Yaobing CHEN ; Zhen LI ; Shaogang WANG
Chinese Journal of Urology 2021;42(3):180-184
Objective:To summarize our preliminary experience of the individual transurethral en bloc resection of bladder tumor (ERBT) based on vesical imaging-reporting and data system (VI-RADS).Methods:The clinical data of 32 bladder cancer patients admitted from January 2019 to October 2019 were retrospectively analyzed, including 26 males and 6 females. Among them, there were 27, 5, 26 and 6 patients who had primary, recurrent, single or mutiple blader tumors, respectively. And the median number of bladder tumor was 1(1-3) and the mean diameter was 2(0.6-4.5)cm.The patients were aged 37 to 82 years, with a median age of 63 years. All patients underwent multi-parameter magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) before surgery and acquired a VI-RADS score. Among the 32 patients, there were 8, 17, 2, 5, and 0 patients in the VI-RADS score category 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively. Based on the VI-RADS score and tumor size, morphology and number provided by the mpMRI, the urologists classified the tumor types into type 1, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4a, 4b or 5, and designed the surgical protocol for each type including the resection plan, boundary and depth. There were 8, 6, 7, 4, 0, 1, 1, 3, 2 and 0 patients in each type, respectively. The tumor types were further confirmed during the operation, and the operation was completed according to the surgical plans for different tumor types.Patients received intravesical therapy of gemcitabine within 24 hours after surgery.Results:All operations were successfully completed and none was converted to the traditional transurethral resection of the bladder tumor. The operation time was 5 to 35 minutes with a median time of 15 minutes. Tumor specimens from all patients contained the muscularis propria. Among the patients with scores 1, 2, 3 and 4, there were 8, 16, 1 and 0 patients diagnosed with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), respectively. All the patients with NMIBC had negative basal resection margins and 6 out 7 muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) patients had negative resection margins. There were no intraoperative complications such as bladder perforation and obturator reflex. Four patients experienced obvious postoperative bladder irritation and relieved after symptomatic treatment or removing catheter. Twelve patients received second resections, including 10 NMIBC patients and 2 MIBC patients. No residual tumor was found in the re-resected specimens. There were 9 and 12 NMIBC patients received regular intravesical therapy of gemcitabine or BCG, respectively. Among the 7 MIBC patients, 5 received radical cystectomy and two received bladder-preserving treatment including second resection, adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The follow-up period was 3-12 months, with a median of 6 months. One NMIBC patient relapsed at 9th months after surgery and underwent ERBT.Conclusions:The personalized ERBT based on VI-RADS is safe and feasible, and can achieve negative margins in all NMIBC and some MIBC without severe complications.
2.The application and outcomes of C.R.P.C.four-step radical prostatectomy under extraperitoneal laparoscopy
Jun XIAO ; Gan YU ; Hui ZHOU ; Henglong HU ; Xueyou MA ; Yanan WANG ; Chunguang YANG ; Zhiquan HU ; Shaogang WANG ; Zhangqun YE ; Zhihua WANG
Chinese Journal of Urology 2020;41(2):109-113
Objective To summarize the preliminary experience of extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (C.R.P.C.four-step) for localized prostate cancer and the outcomes based on early follow-up.Methods A total of 102 prostate cancer patients were screened by prostate specific antigen (PSA) and diagnosed by prostate magnetic resonance imaging and prostatic puncture biopsy with cT1c-cT3b,with average age of (67 ±5) years old,average preoperative total PSA value of (45.32 ± 18.33) ng/ml,and average prostate volume was (42 ± 12)cm3.All these patients underwent extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy by the four-step technique,abbreviating as C.R.P.C.[C:control DVC (dorsal deep venous complex).R:recognize three anatomical layers (prostate and bladder junction,seminal vesicle,and Denonvilliers' fascia surface).P:preserve urethral sphincter and bladder neck.C:continuous anastomosis between urethra and bladder neck (4 key needles at 3,5,7 and 9 o'clock)].The operative time,estimated blood loss,length of hospital stay and postoperative complications were recorded,and the postoperative PSA was followed up.Results All the 102 cases were successfully treated by iaparoscopic radical prostatectomy.The operative time was from 55 to 156 min (mean 92 min),and the estimated blood loss was from 55 to 185 ml (mean 105 ml).There was no case converted of open surgery,only one case received blood transfusion for postoperative hemorrhage (0.98%),and positive surgical margin was found in 15 case (14.70%) by pathological examination.Postoperative urinary extravasation within one week occurred in 2 (1.96%) cases,and resolved after tensioning the catheter and prolonging the indwelling time.During the follow-up period of 12 to 45 months,2 cases were incontinent (grade I-II),and the other cases(98.04%) had no incontinence or dysuria.However,11 cases (10.78%) developed to biochemical recurrence within 6 months after the operation.Conclusions The C.R.P.C.four-step technique of lparoscopic radical prostatectomy is easily to be grasped and performed by the greenhand urologists,and was efficient and safe.
3.Comparison of recurrence rates between transurethral Thulium laser en bloc resection and traditional plasma electrocautery resection in the treatment of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
Lilong LIU ; Zheng LIU ; Zhipeng YAO ; Xiaodong SONG ; Wen SONG ; Jia HU ; Fan LI ; Henglong HU ; Ke CHEN
Chinese Journal of Urology 2024;45(7):508-514
Objective:To compare the postoperative recurrence rates between Thulium laser en bloc resection of bladder tumor (ERBT) and traditional transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) in treating patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 1 439 patients with NMIBC who underwent either Thulium laser ERBT or TURBT in Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, between January 2010 and March 2024. Among them, 201 patients received Thulium laser ERBT, while 1 238 patients underwent TURBT. Propensity score matching (PSM) was employed in a 1∶1 ratio to eliminate selection bias due to non-random assignment, ensuring the comparability of clinical baseline data such as gender, age, pathological diagnosis, T stage, tumor grade, tumor size, and tumor number between the two groups. Kaplan-Meier method was used to generate recurrence-free survival curves for the matched groups, and the log-rank test was conducted to compare differences between the groups. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed to identify independent risk factors affecting postoperative recurrence.Results:After PSM matching, 193 patients were included in each group. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in terms of gender ( P=0.317), age ( P=0.207), pathological type ( P=0.756), T stage ( P=0.402), tumor grade ( P=0.965), tumor size ( P=0.821), or number of tumors ( P=0.421). The median follow-up time was 16.2(8.0, 33.9) months. Excluding patients with non-urothelial tumors such as adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, there were 180 cases in the Thulium laser ERBT group and 184 cases in the TURBT group. Survival analysis showed that the postoperative recurrence rate of urothelial carcinoma patients in the Thulium laser ERBT group was lower than that in the TURBT group [20.0%(36/180) vs. 38.6%(71/184), P<0.001]. Stratified survival analysis indicated that in patients with tumor diameters ≤30 mm [22.3%(29/130) vs. 33.6%(45/134), P=0.017] or >30 mm [14.0%(7/50) vs. 52.0%(26/50), P=0.002], the Thulium laser ERBT group had lower postoperative recurrence rate compared to the TURBT group.Among patients with single tumor, the recurrence rate in the Thulium laser ERBT group was lower than in the TURBT group[10.5%(11/105) vs. 31.5%(35/111), P<0.001]. However, among patients with multiple tumors, there was no statistically significant difference in recurrence rates between the Thulium laser ERBT group and the TURBT group [35.7%(25/70) vs. 47.9%(34/71), P=0.061]. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses indicated that Thulium laser ERBT treatment was an independent protective factor against postoperative recurrence in NMIBC patients ( HR=0.44, 95% CI 0.30-0.66, P<0.001). Patients with adenocarcinoma ( HR=5.85, 95% CI 2.07-16.51, P<0.001), squamous cell carcinoma ( HR=2.98, 95% CI 1.04-8.55, P=0.042), or other types of tumors ( HR=2.98, 95% CI 1.14-7.75, P=0.026) had higher risks of recurrence. High-grade tumor patients faced increased risks of postoperative recurrence ( HR=1.84, 95% CI 1.21-2.79, P=0.004). Additionally, tumors >30 mm had increased risks of postoperative recurrence compared to those ≤30 mm ( HR=2.00, 95% CI1.31-3.05, P=0.001). Patients with single tumor had significantly reduced risks of postoperative recurrence compared to those with multiple tumors ( HR=0.50, 95% CI 0.34-0.73, P<0.001). Conclusions:Regardless of tumor diameter (≤30 mm or >30 mm), Thulium laser ERBT significantly reduces the postoperative recurrence rate in patients with urothelial carcinoma compared to TURBT, with the advantage being more pronounced in patients with single bladder tumor. Additionally, patients with high-grade tumors, tumor diameters >30 mm, or multiple bladder tumors have higher risk of postoperative recurrence.
4.Predicting the risk of muscle-invasive bladder cancer using vesical imaging-reporting and data system
Henglong HU ; Boya LI ; Xiaoyan MENG ; Lei CUI ; Cong LI ; Zhihua WANG ; Zheng LIU ; Xiaolin GUO ; Yanchun WANG ; Zhen LI ; Shaogang WANG
Chinese Journal of Urology 2019;40(7):503-506
Objective To evaluate the accuracy and clinical significance of the vesical imagingreporting and data system (Ⅵ-RADS) in predicting muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC).Methods The data of 59 bladder cancer patients who underwent multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging and surgery between 2014 March and 2019 May were retrospectively analyzed,which includes 51 males and 8 females,aged 36-82 years old,with a median age of 62 years old.According to the scoring methods specified by Ⅵ-RADS,radiologists read and scored all mpMRIs including T2-weighted imaging (T2WI),diffusion-weighted imaging(DWI),and dynamic contrast enhancement MRI(DCE-MRI) of all the included patients.And then the Ⅵ-RADS were compared with pathological diagnosis.Proportions of MIBC in each score category were calculated,and ROC curve was plotted and the area under the curve (AUC) was estimated to assess the sensitivity and specificity of Ⅵ-RADS in diagnosing MIBC.Results The number of patients in Ⅵ-RADS score category 1 to 5 were 12,28,2,15 and 2,respectively.And there were 0,2 (7.4%),1 (50.0%),13 (81.3 %),2 (100.0%) MIBC patients in each score category,respectively.When Ⅵ-RADS ≥3 was used to define MIBC,it came to the largest Youden's Index(0.7913),with an AUC of 0.924.And the sensitivity and specificity were 88.9% and 90.2%,respectively.Conclusions Ⅵ-RADS has high accuracy in predicting MIBC,and it is worthy of application and verification in further clinical practice.The urologists should be highly alert to the existence of MIBC when Ⅵ-RADS ≥3.