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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of included trials

From: Safety and efficacy of transurethral laser therapy for bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Trials/yr.

Designs/grade

Downs and Black score

Treatment

NO. of patients

Age (yr.)*

Male (%)

Tumor Multiplicity*

Tumor Size (cm)*

Location(n)

T Stage (n) Grade(n)

Lateral

Other

Ta

CIS

T1

PUNLMP

Low

High

Yang [11], 2014

Retrospective, B

18

KTP TURBT

28 32

45.3 42.5

78.6 78.1

NR NR

N/A N/A

22 17

6 15

8 7

0 0

20 25

NR NR

NR NR

NR NR

Tao [12], 2013

Retrospective, C

17

HPS

74

66.4

81.08

1.52

2.1

62

12

50

1

23

9

60

5

TURBT

84

65.3

78.57

1.49

1.9

69

15

61

2

21

10

68

6

Liu [13], 2013

Prospective, B

20

2-micron

64

67.1

71.9

2.8

1.3

24

40

37

0

27

11

46

7

TURBT

56

66.3

71.4

2.7

1.2

21

35

34

0

22

10

41

5

Zhong [16], 2010

Retrospective, C

16

2-micron

30

68.30

NR

1.53

2.23

NR

NR

23

2

5

4

21

5

HoLRBT

25

65.76

NR

1.40

1.38

NR

NR

19

1

5

3

18

4

TURBT

42

66.26

NR

1.45

1.54

NR

NR

30

4

8

7

26

9

Xishuang [14], 2010

Prospective, B

18

HoLRBT

64

72.5

81.3

2.0

1.85

25

39

36

5

23

5

39

20

TURBT

51

74.5

78.4

1.9

1.74

20

31

30

4

17

4

33

14

Zhu [15], 2008

Prospective, B

17

HoLRBT

101

NR

78.2

NR

NR

NR

NR

67

5

34

NR

NR

NR

TURBT

111

NR

82.9

NR

NR

NR

NR

70

7

41

NR

NR

NR

Muraro [17], 2005

Retrospective, C

16

HoLRBT

50

64.5

78

N/A

NR

NR

NR

43

0

7

NR

NR

NR

TURBT

50

65.7

80

N/A

NR

NR

NR

46

0

4

NR

NR

NR

  1. PUNLMP = papillary urothelial neoplasms of low malignant potential; CIS = carcinoma in situ; KTP = Potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser; HPS = 120 W high performance system Green-light laser vaporization of bladder tumor; HoLRBT = holmium laser resection of bladder tumor; TURBT = transurethral resection of bladder tumor; 2 micron = 2 micron continuous wave laser resection of bladder tumor; NR = not reported; N/A = not applicable;
  2. * Mean or median.