Table 1.
Summary of perioperative results and oncological outcomes for the different distal ureteral management techniques from selected larger studies. (ND: no data; LOS: length of stay; f/u: mean followup).
| f/u | n | Procedure type | Number of complications of distal ureter technique | Median LOS (days) | Positive margins | Bladder recurrence (%) | Pelvic recurrence (no) | No. of cancer-specific deaths | |
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| Pluck technique | |||||||||
| Palou et al., 1995 [13] | 20 | 31 | ONU | 1 | ND | ND | 35 | 0 | 2 |
| Ubrig et al., 2004 [15] | 44 | 18 | ONU | 1 | 11 | ND | 50 | 0 | 5 |
| Geavlete et al., 2007 [16] | 44 | 72 | ONU | 2 | 10 | ND | 24 | 0 | 9 |
| Laguna and de la Rosette, 2001 (meta-analysis) [18] | n/a | 129 | ONU/LNU | 3 | ND | ND | 24 | 4 | ND |
| Ko et al., 2007 [23] | 22 | 19 | ONU/LNU | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
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| Modification of Pluck technique | |||||||||
| Agarwal et al., 2008 [26] | 15 | 13 | LNU | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 |
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| Ureteral deroofing | |||||||||
| Shalhav et al., 2000 [29] | 24 | 24 | LNU | 2 | 6.1 | ND | 23 | 3 | ND |
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| Pluck in HALNU | |||||||||
| Wong and Leveillee, 2002 [32] | 8 | 14 | HALNU | ND | 2 | ND | 14 | ND | ND |
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| Laparoscopic extravesical ureteral stapling | |||||||||
| Jarrett et al., 2001 [39] | 24 | 25 | LNU | 0 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 2 |
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| Laparoscopic transvesical ureteral ligation | |||||||||
| Gill et al., 2000 [41] | 11 | 42 | LNU | 1 | 2.3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
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| Open distal ureteral excision | |||||||||
| Klingler et al., 2003 [49] | 22 | 19 | LNU | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | ND | 0 | ND |
| Tsujihata et al., 2006 [53] | ND | 49 | ONU/LNU | 0 | 4 | ND | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| Taweemonkongsap et al., 2008 [54] | 27 | 60 | ONU/LNU | 0 | 9 | ND | 37 | 3 | 8 |