Effectiveness of chemotherapy administration and time to cystectomy following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) in the academic and community settings. This is ...

Researchers evaluate whether postoperative ctDNA-guided adjuvant atezolizumab after radical cystectomy is cost-effective compared with standard care in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Women with ovarian endometriomas may have a higher risk of postoperative complications during cystectomies, according to a retrospective cohort study. Compared to patients with other benign conditions ...

1. Which doctors do cystectomy? Cystectomy is usually performed by an urologist. 2. What are the advantages of robotic surgery for cystectomy? Robotic surgery has the following advantages over other ...

BEIJING, Sept. 24, 2020 -- Professor Niu Haitao with the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University performs a remote radical cystectomy on a patient 3,000 kilometers away with the help of a ...

Investigators report finding no significant difference in positive surgical margin rates among open, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted approaches to partial cystectomy. Partial cystectomy for bladder ...

thrombus, blood clot, thrombosis Swedish studies reveal significantly elevated risks for myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, pulmonary embolism, and deep vein thrombosis. Patients undergoing ...

Extended oral antibiotic prophylaxis eliminated UTIs after robot-assisted radical cystectomy procedures. Prophylactic antibiotics reduced overall infections by two-thirds and saved $9,000 per patient.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients undergoing radical cystectomy with bilateral pelvic iliac lymphadenectomy, with the intent to cure, for transitional-cell carcinoma of the bladder between July 1971 ...

November 3, 2008 — The benefit of urethrectomy in bladder cancer patients undergoing radical cystectomy is controversial, and new data show that the procedure does not confer a significant independent ...

NOTE. History of chronic kidney disease on the basis of diagnosis codes from inpatient and outpatient claims in the year prior to bladder cancer diagnosis. History of fracture on the basis of ...