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. 2019 Apr 24;16(6):377–386. doi: 10.1038/s41585-019-0184-4

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Fig. 3 — Added value was reported in 85% of procedures. One or more additional value could be listed per procedure. Blue light flexible cystoscopy (BLFC) added value for refuting or confirming suspicious lesions in 52 patients. In 36 patients, additional lesions were found, and in 44 patients, BLFC enabled the clinician to be confident that the disease had not recurred. For 29 patients, the procedure was able to be completed in an office setting, and BLFC enabled accurate referral to the operating room in 11 patients³¹.