Table 1.

The general characteristics of studies included in this article. RCT, randomized controlled trial; KTP laser, Potassium-Titanyl-Phosphate laser; N/A, not available.

First Author	Year	Study Design	Surgical Method	Number of Patients		Male/Female		Mean Age		Adjuvant Therapy
			ERBT	ERBT	CTURBT	ERBT	CTURBT	ERBT	CTURBT
Zhu et al. [9]	2008	Retrospective	Holmium laser	101	111	79/22	92/19	N/A	N/A	Mitomycin
Song1 et al. [10]	2010	Retrospective	Holmium laser	64	51	52/12	40/11	72.50	74.50	Mitomycin
Song2 et al. [10]	2010	Retrospective	Holmium laser	64	58	52/12	47/11	72.50	73.00	Mitomycin
Zhong1 et al. [11]	2010	Retrospective	Thulium laser	30	42	N/A	N/A	68.30	66.26	Epirubicin
Zhong2 et al. [11]	2010	Retrospective	Holmium laser	25	42	N/A	N/A	65.76	66.26	Epirubicin
Upadhyay [12]	2012	Prospective	Monopolar	21	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Liu et al. [13]	2013	RCT	Thulium laser	64	56	46/18	40/16	67.10	66.30	Epirubicin
Tao et al. [14]	2013	Retrospective	KTP laser	74	84	60/14	66/18	66.4	65.3	Epirubicin
Sureka [15]	2014	Prospective	Monopolar	21	24	N/A	N/A	52.6	55	BCG
Yang et al. [16]	2014	Retrospective	KTP laser	28	32	22/6	25/7	45.3	42.5	Epirubicin
Chen et al. [17]	2015	RCT	Thulium laser	71	71	54/17	51/20	63	62	Epirubicin
Xu et al. [18]	2015	RCT	KTP laser	99	94	80/19	76/18	63.06	62.82	Pirarubicin
Zhang et al. [19]	2015	RCT	Thulium laser	149	143	70/79	79/64	N/A	N/A	Epirubicin
Chen et al. [20]	2016	Prospective	KTP laser	83	75	60/23	51/24	63.43	65.31	Mitomycin
D’souza [21]	2016	Prospective	Holmium laser	23	27	15/8	18/9	66.3	67.1	Mitomycin
Huang1 [22]	2016	Retrospective	Thulium laser	70	70	50/20	48/22	58.31	57.87	Epirubicin
Huang2 et al. [22]	2016	Retrospective	Holmium laser	70	70	45/25	48/22	59.97	57.87	Epirubicin
Cheng et al. [23]	2017	Retrospective	KTP laser	34	30	28/6	27/3	59.41	63.13	Mitomycin
Zhang et al. [24]	2017	Retrospective	Monopolar	40	50	35/5	38/12	60.65	60.8	Pirarubicin
Xu et al. [25]	2018	Retrospective	Thulium laser	26	44	24/2	35/9	55.9	59.7	Pirarubicin
Bălan et al. [26]	2018	Prospective	Bipolar	45	45	N/A	N/A	64.7	66.1	BCG + Epirubicin
Cheng et al. [27]	2018	Retrospective	Hybrid knife	95	98	67/28	70/28	62.4	64.4	Pirarubicin
Li et al. [28]	2018	Retrospective	Thulium laser	136	120	110/26	98/22	N/A	N/A	Pirarubicin
Liang et al. [29]	2019	Retrospective	KTP laser	88	70	78/10	51/19	N/A	N/A	Pirarubicin
Bangash [30]	2020	Prospective	Monopolar	41	41	34/7	36/5	58.46	58.59	Mitomycin
Gakis et al. [31]	2020	RCT	Hybrid knife	56	59	45/11	47/12	66.8	70.2	N/A
Hashem [32]	2020	RCT	Holmium laser	50	50	37/13	39/11	60.4	61.1	Epirubicin
Vladanov [33]	2020	Retrospective	Monopolar	67	85	57/10	66/19	58.43	61.5	Mitomycin
Yang et al. [34]	2020	Prospective	Monopolar	96	87	70/26	62/25	54.63	55.43	Pirarubicin
Poletajew et al. [35]	2021	Prospective	Monopolar	153	274	117/36	201/63	68	69.5	N/A
Tripathi et al. [36]	2021	Prospective	KTP laser	40	43	32/8	30/13	55.62	56.12	Mitomycin