title: Radical cystectomy in bladder cancer: mortality and morbidity. A series of 123 cases.
abstract: Radical cystectomy for bladder cancer is an operation that presents a low mortality rate, which can still be reduced by a better patient selection, particularly with respect to patients presenting a high cardiac risk. Morbidity is still elevated but a better preparation of the patients against infection, hyperdiuresis during and after the operation and a nonperitonization of the anterior pelvis should reduce the frequency of abscesses, septicemia and pyelonephritis. It seems reasonable to propose this operation as a curative procedure for stage B and recurring stage A and as a palliative procedure for stages C and D.
authors.affiliation: CHU University of Strasbourg, Department of Urology, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jacqmin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nardi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schumacker
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bollack
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014519:Ureterostomy; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality