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 |
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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 |
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ISSN: | 1471-2490 1471-2490 |
DOI: | 10.1186/s12894-018-0402-z |