Impact on Japanese healthcare economics of photodynamic diagnosis-assisted transurethral resection of bladder tumor for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: A multicenter retrospective cohort study.
Nobutaka NishimuraMakito MiyakeTomonori NakahamaTatsuki MiyamotoKoshiro NishimotoMasafumi OyamaYuto MatsushitaHideaki MiyakeHideo FukuharaKeiji InoueKeita KobayashiHiroaki MatsumotoHideyasu MatsuyamaTomomi FujiiYoshihiko HiraoKiyohide FujimotoPublished in: International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association (2023)
The total costs associated with PDD-TURBT were higher compared to WL-TURBT, while there is the potential of PDD-TURBT to reduce the burden on healthcare economics in limited cases.