Korea University Ansan Hospital Researchers Publish Findings in Bladder Cancer (A Comparison of the Anesthetic Methods for Recurrence Rates of Bladder Cancer after Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumors Using National Health Insurance Claims …): Oncology – Bladder Cancer

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2022 MAR 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on bladder cancer. According to news reporting from Ansan, South Korea, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Bladder cancers have high recurrence rates and are usually removed via transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT). Recently, some reports showed that the anesthetic method may affect the recurrence rates of bladder cancers.”

Our news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Korea University Ansan Hospital: “The purpose of this population-based study was to compare the effect of anesthetic methods with the recurrence rates of bladder cancers in South Korea. A total of 4439 patients were reviewed retrospectively using the data of the Korean National Health Insurance (NHI) claims database from January 2007 to December 2011. Patients were divided into 2 groups who received general (* * n* * = 3767) and regional anesthesia (* * n* * = 582), and were followed up until September 2017. Propensity score matching was conducted to reduce the effect of confounding factors. After using propensity score matching with a multivariable Cox regression model, age (* * p* * < 0.001), sex (* * p* * < 0.001), hypertension (* * p* * = 0.003), diabetes mellitus (* * p* * = 0.001), and renal disease (* * p* * < 0.001) were significantly associated with bladder cancer recurrence. However, there were no significant differences in the recurrence rates of bladder cancers in patients who received general anesthesia and spinal anesthesia for TURBTs. This study revealed that there is no relationship between the anesthetic method and bladder cancer recurrence.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Either general anesthesia or regional anesthesia can be used depending on the situation in patients receiving TURBT. Future prospective studies are warranted to confirm the association between the anesthetic method and the recurrence rates of bladder cancer.”

For more information on this research see: A Comparison of the Anesthetic Methods for Recurrence Rates of Bladder Cancer after Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumors Using National Health Insurance Claims Data of South Korea. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022,11(1143):1143. (Journal of Clinical Medicine - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm). The publisher for Journal of Clinical Medicine is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11041143.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Sang Won Lee, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Ansan 15355, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Bum Sik Tae, Yoon Ji Choi, Sang Min Yoon, Yoon Sook Lee, Jae Hwan Kim, Hye Won Shin, Jae Young Park, Jae Hyun Bae.