Complete urinary tract extirpation: the University of Maryland experience.
OBJECTIVE
Complete urinary tract extirpation (CUTE) involves simultaneous bilateral nephroureterectomy, cystectomy or cystoprostatectomy, and the creation of a urinary diversion, if needed. Case reports of this operation have been published, but to our knowledge, this is the largest case series yet reported. We sought to evaluate the characteristics and outcomes of patients who underwent CUTE.


METHODS
From 1994 to 2005, 9 patients underwent CUTE at our institution. We performed a retrospective chart review of these patients. The data reviewed included demographics, operative time, length of stay, complications, recurrences, and overall survival.


RESULTS
Nine patients who underwent CUTE were identified. The mean patient age at the operation was 61 years. Five patients were men. The mean operative time was 356 minutes. Two patients required a blood transfusion. The length of stay averaged 10.8 days (range 6 to 47). Four patients had functioning renal allografts before and after surgery. Three patients needing dialysis received renal allografts postoperatively. The overall survival rate at a mean follow-up of 31 months was 86%.


CONCLUSIONS
Although this report presented a small number of patients, it has illustrated that CUTE can be performed safely and allow definitive surgical treatment of patients with complex genitourinary pathologic findings.
Holton
Mara R
MR
Division of Urology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
Van Zijl
P Sean
PS
Oberle
W Todd
WT
Jacobs
Stephen C
SC
Sklar
Geoffrey N
GN
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014547:Urinary Diversion; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000601:surgery*; D014571:Urologic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*