Second TURBT is a valuable procedure for accurate staging of nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer. It changed the treatment strategy of a significant proportion of our patients. Second TURBT is indicated in T(1), high grade, large size (>3 cm), and nodular tumors because of the significant risk of detecting muscle-invasive disease.
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