Letter to the editor for the article "Endoscopic intervention versus radical nephroureterectomy for the management of localized upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Suzhou Kowloon Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Suzhou, China.
² Department of Orthopaedics, Suzhou Kowloon Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Suzhou, China. mengyacb@163.com.
³ Department of Urology, Suzhou Kowloon Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Suzhou, China. futureyiwang@126.com.

^# Contributed equally.

Comparative Study

Guangquan Yuan et al. World J Urol. 2024.

. 2024 Aug 7;42(1):472.

doi: 10.1007/s00345-024-05180-1.

¹ Department of Urology, Suzhou Kowloon Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Suzhou, China.
² Department of Orthopaedics, Suzhou Kowloon Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Suzhou, China. mengyacb@163.com.
³ Department of Urology, Suzhou Kowloon Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Suzhou, China. futureyiwang@126.com.

^# Contributed equally.

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Comment on

Endoscopic intervention versus radical nephroureterectomy for the management of localized upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies.
Giulioni C, Brocca C, Tramanzoli P, Stramucci S, Mantovan M, Perpepaj L, Cicconofri A, Gauhar V, Merseburger AS, Galosi AB, Castellani D. Giulioni C, et al. World J Urol. 2024 May 14;42(1):318. doi: 10.1007/s00345-024-05032-y. World J Urol. 2024. PMID: 38743260 Free PMC article.

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