<i>En bloc</i> transurethral resection versus conventional transurethral resection for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The gold standard treatment for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT). En bloc transurethral resection is a new method for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer that may improve some shortcomings of TURBT. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to compare the perioperative and prognostic outcomes of en bloc transurethral resection and TURBT for NMIBC.

Methods

Literature searches were conducted using PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WanFang Data (WanFang) and VIP Information Network (VIP). We only included randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We used the Cochrane risk of bias 2.0 tool

SUBMITTER: Lv L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12541490 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature