. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2017 Mar 22;198(3):546–551. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2017.03.120

Table 2.

Preoperative findings before radical nephroureterectomy (RNU).

Patients	n=64
Pre-RNU cytology
Negative	19 (30%)
Positive	37 (58%)
Suspicious/atypical	7 (11%)
Unknown	1 (1.6%)
Pre-RNU ureteroscopy
Upper tract biopsy result (n=35)	35 (55%)
Negative	1 (2.9%)
Positive	27 (77%)
Suspicious/atypical	6 (17%)
Unknown	1 (2.9%)
Pre-RNU abnormal radiographic findings
Hydronephrosis	18 (28%)
Filling defect	9 (14%)
Irregular wall thickening/enhancing	31 (48%)
Mass lesions	24 (38%)
Enlarged lymph node	4 (6.3%)