Assessment of Perioperative Morbidity for Radical Cystectomy in Elderly Patients

Assessment of Perioperative Morbidity for Radical Cystectomy in Elderly Patients

Perioperative and survival outcomes of laparoscopic radical cystectomy for bladder cancer in patients over 70 years

INTRODUCTION Radical cystectomy in elderly patients is a controversial issue that has noticed an increase in importance overtime because of the lengthening average life span. Our objective was to determine if there were significant differences in the perioperative outcomes of patients over 70 years with bladder cancer treated with laparoscopic radical cystectomy (LRC) compared to those of young...

Re: results from three municipal hospitals regarding radical cystectomy on elderly patients.

OBJECTIVE Radical cystectomy is the standard treatment for invasive bladder carcinoma in elderly patients at major surgical centers. As yet no data are available as to the question whether radical surgery on the genitourinary tract of patients over 75 can also be carried out at municipal hospitals with comparable intra and postoperative morbidity, and respective mortality. MATERIALS AND METHO...

Perioperative complications of radical cystectomy in a contemporary series.

OBJECTIVES Radical cystectomy is the preferred standard treatment for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. With improvements in intra- and perioperative care lower complication rates have been reported. We retrospectively evaluated our series of patients who underwent radical cystectomy for advanced bladder cancer for perioperative complications as well as operative time, postoperative...

AB117. Laparoscopic versus open radical cystectomy for elderly patients over 75-year-old: a single center comparative analysis

PURPOSE To explore the morbidity, mortality and oncological results of laparoscopic radical cystectomy (LRC) in the elderly patients over 75-year-old in contrast with open radical cystectomy (ORC). MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed 46 radical cystectomies from January 2009 to December 2013 in patients over 75-year-old in our institute, 21 patients in the LRC group and 25 in the ORC group. Dem...