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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Safety and efficacy of en bloc transurethral resection versus conventional transurethral resection for primary nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer: a meta-analysis

Study

Study design

LOE

Surgical method

Tumor size

No. of patients

Grade

T-stage

P/M/E/BCG

NOS score

    

EBRT

CTURBT

EBRT CTURBT

 

EBRT

CTURBT

 

EBRT

CTURBT

  

Zhu et al. 2008

Retrospective

3b

Holmium laser/CTURBT

≤ 3 cm 95

> 3 cm 6

104

7

101/111

1

2

3

36

54

9

38

63

10

Ta

T1

67

34

70

41

M

*******

Zhong1 et al. 2010

Retrospective

3b

2-micron laser/CTURBT

2.23

1.54

30/42

LMP

LG

HG

4

21

5

7

26

9

Ta

T1

Cis

23

5

2

30

8

4

E

*******

Zhong2 et al. 2010

Retrospective

3b

Holmium laser/CTURBT

1.38

1.54

25/42

LMP

LG

HG

3

18

4

7

26

9

Ta

T1

Cis

19

5

1

30

8

4

E

*******

Liu et al. 2013

RCT

2b

2-micron laser/MCTURBT

1.31

1.28

64/56

LMP

LG

HG

11

46

7

10

41

5

Ta

T1

37

27

34

22

E

–

Sureka et al. 2015

Prospective

2b

EBRT/MCTURBT

2.8

3.3

21/24

NM

NM

NM

Ta

T1

12

9

13

11

BCG

*******

Chen et al. 2015

RCT

2b

2-micron laser/CTURBT

2.6

2.3

71/71

LMP

LG

HG

5

43

23

9

45

17

Ta

T1

Cis

43

25

3

55

15

1

E

–

Xu et al. 2015

RCT

2b

2-micron laser/MCTURBT

≤ 3 cm 81

> 3 cm 18

≤ 3 cm 79

> 3 cm 15

116/113

1

2

3

50

39

10

48

41

5

Ta

T1

91

8

82

12

P

–

Zhang et al. 2015

RCT

2b

2-micron laser/BCTURBT

≤ 3 cm 98

> 5 cm 51

≤ 3 cm 95

> 5 cm 48

149/143

G0

G1

G2

87

54

8

75

60

8

Ta

T1

10

6

43

107

36

E

–

Cheng et al. 2017

Retrospective

3b

KTP laser/CTURBT

1.65

1.5

34/30

Low

High

19

2

20

0

Ta

T1

14

16

13

15

M

*******

Zhang et al. 2017

Retrospective

3b

EBRT/MCTURBT

≤ 3 cm 32

> 3 cm 8

≤ 3 cm 38

> 3 cm 12

40/50

LMP

LG

HG

9

22

9

12

23

15

Ta

T1

15

25

27

23

P

******

Balan et al. 2018

Prospective

2b

EBRT/MCTURBT

1.82

1.69

45/45

NM

NM

NM

Ta

T1

24

21

23

22

E and BCG

******

Li et al. 2018

Retrospective

3b

TH laser/CTURBT

2.39

2.15

136/120

NM

NM

NM

NM

NM

NM

P

*******

Yang et al. 2013

Retrospective

3b

KTP laser/CTURBT

≤ 3 cm 24

> 3 cm 4

≤ 3 cm 26

> 3 cm 6

28/32

1

2

3

15

10

3

16

10

6

Ta

T1

8

20

7

25

E

******

Tao et al. 2013

Retrospective

3b

KTP laser/CTURBT

2.1

1.9

74/84

LMP

LG

HG

9

60

5

10

68

6

Ta

T1

Cis

50

23

1

61

21

2

E

******

Cheng et al. 2018

Retrospective

3b

HybridKnife/CTURBT

2.5

2.8

95/98

LMP

LG

HG

5

48

40

8

37

48

Ta

T1

52

43

54

44

P

*******

D’souza et al. 2016

Retrospective

3b

Holmium laser/MCTURBT

1.41

1.58

27/23

LMP

LG

HG

5

20

2

4

16

3

Ta

T1

16

11

15

8

M

*******

Song et al. 2010

Retrospective

3b

Holmium laser/MCTURBT

1.85

1.74

64/51

LMP

LG

HG

5

39

20

4

33

14

Ta

T1

Cis

36

23

5

30

17

4

M

*******

Huang1 et al. 2016

Retrospective

3b

2-micron laser/MCTURBT

1.63

1.53

70/70

LMP

LG

HG

20

40

10

18

46

6

Ta

T1

Cis

40

23

7

35

27

8

E

********

Huang2 et al. 2016

Retrospective

3b

Holmium laser/MCTURBT

1.58

1.53

70/70

LMP

LG

HG

15

48

7

18

46

6

Ta

T1

Cis

37

28

5

35

27

8

E

********

Xu et al. 2017

Retrospective

3b

Holmium laser/CTURBT

2.3

2.2

26/44

LMP

LG

HG

4

14

8

3

28

13

Ta

T1

10

12

25

16

P

*******

Chen et al. 2016

Prospective

2b

Green laser/CTURBT

1.85

1.71

83/75

LMP

LG

HG

12

61

10

8

55

12

Ta

T1

70

13

64

11

M

*******

  1. RCT randomized control trial, NM not mention, CTURBT conventional transurethral resection of bladder tumor, MCTURBT monopolar conventional transurethral resection of bladder tumor, BCTURBT bipolar conventional transurethral resection of bladder tumor, EBRT en bloc resection of bladder tumor, LMP low malignant potential, LG low grade, HG high grade, P pirarubicin, M mitomycin, E epirubicin, BCG Bacille Calmette-Guerin