Oncological impact of different distal ureter managements during radical nephroureterectomy for primary upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma

Figure 1 Surgical procedure. A: An overview of the surgical procedure of intrasvesical incision of the bladder cuff; B: An overview of the surgical procedure of extravesical incision of the bladder cuff; C: An overview of the surgical procedure of transurethral incision of the bladder cuff.

Figure 2 Survival curves for 248 primary urinary tract urothelial carcinoma patients. A: Intravesical recurrence-free survival (IRFS) by tumor location; B: IRFS by pathological tumor (pT) stage; C: IRFS by different bladder cuff excision (BCE) techniques; D: Cancer-specific survival (CSS) by pT stage; E: CSS by lymph node status; F: CSS by different BCE techniques; G: Overall survival (OS) by pT stage; H: OS by lymph node status; I: OS by different BCE techniques. EVBC: Extravesical incision of the bladder cuff; IVBC: Intrasvesical incision of the bladder cuff; TUBC: Transurethral incision of the bladder cuff.