Predicting 90-day and long-term mortality in octogenarians undergoing radical cystectomy

Radical cystectomy bears a considerable perioperative mortality risk particularly in elderly patients. In this study, we searched for predictors of perioperative and long-term competing (non-bladder cancer) mortality in elderly patients selected for radical cystectomy. We stratified 1184 consecutive...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC urology 2018-10, Vol.18 (1), p.91-91, Article 91
Hauptverfasser: Froehner, Michael, Koch, Rainer, Hübler, Matthias, Heberling, Ulrike, Novotny, Vladimir, Zastrow, Stefan, Hakenberg, Oliver W, Wirth, Manfred P
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Zusammenfassung:Radical cystectomy bears a considerable perioperative mortality risk particularly in elderly patients. In this study, we searched for predictors of perioperative and long-term competing (non-bladder cancer) mortality in elderly patients selected for radical cystectomy. We stratified 1184 consecutive patients who underwent radical cystectomy for high risk superficial or muscle-invasive urothelial or undifferentiated carcinoma of bladder into two groups (age 
ISSN:1471-2490
1471-2490
DOI:10.1186/s12894-018-0402-z