Lack of Value of Routine Preoperative Bone and Liver Scans in Cystectomy Candidates
- 30 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 125 (5), 637-639
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)55144-7
Abstract
A retrospective review of 341 patients with bladder cancer revealed 58 candidates for cystectomy. These patients were evaluated preoperatively by radionuclide bone and/or liver scans to increase the accuracy of clinical staging. In the face of a normal history, physical examination, liver function tests or serum alkaline phosphatase routine preoperative bone and liver scans in cystectomy candidates did not contribute significantly to clinical staging or choice of treatment. Since liver and bone scans add significantly to the cost of the illness their use should not be routine but reserved only for those special cases when they are indicated.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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