PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: , Recurrent bladder tumors.,POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS:,  Recurrent bladder tumors.,OPERATION: , Cystoscopy, TUR, and electrofulguration of recurrent bladder tumors.,ANESTHESIA:,  General.,INDICATIONS: , A 79-year-old woman with recurrent bladder tumors of the bladder neck.,DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURE:  ,The patient was brought to the operating room, prepped and draped in lithotomy position under satisfactory general anesthesia.  A #21-French cystourethroscope was inserted into the bladder.  Examination of the bladder showed approximately a 3-cm area of erythema and recurrent papillomatosis just above and lateral to the left ureteral orifice.  No other lesions were noted.  Using a cold punch biopsy forceps, a random biopsy was obtained.  The entire area was electrofulgurated using the Bugbee electrode.  The patient tolerated the procedure well and left the operating room in satisfactory condition.