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Beyond Endoscopy-Ultrasound, Optical Coherence Tomography and Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy

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One of the main challenges in endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma is the complicated anatomy and the small size of the upper urinary tract, resulting in high demands on the armamentarium and expertise of the urologist. Difficulties to reach the complete collecting system could result in an incomplete visual inspection.

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Acknowledgements

The authors like to thank Prof. O. Traxer, Pierre et Marie Curie University, Tenon Hospital, France, for generously providing the confocal laser endomicroscopy images.

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  1. Department of Urology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands

    Mieke T. J. Bus MD, Daniel Martin de Bruin PhD, Guido M. Kamphuis MD, Theo M. de Reijke MD, PhD & Jean J. M. C. H. de la Rosette MD, PhD

  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands

    Daniel Martin de Bruin PhD

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Bus, M.T.J., de Bruin, D.M., Kamphuis, G.M., de Reijke, T.M., de la Rosette, J.J.M.C.H. (2015). Beyond Endoscopy-Ultrasound, Optical Coherence Tomography and Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy. In: Grasso III, M., Bagley, D. (eds) Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13869-5_12

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