Is a one-port pneumovesicum method in en bloc laparoscopic nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff resection feasible and safe for upper tract transitional cell carcinoma?
• The one-port pneumovesicum method in LNU, which is applied to manage the distal ureter and bladder cuff, is technically feasible and safe. • The method simplifies management of the distal ureter, reduces the invasiveness of the procedure and improves cosmesis.
A novel cartilage specific molecule was identified which marks the differentiating chondrocytes and adult articular chondrocytes with possible functions associated with development and maintenance of chondrocyte phenotype.