title: Perioperative strategies to reduce postoperative complications after radical cystectomy.
abstract: Radical cystectomy with creation of urinary diversion is the standard treatment for muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Despite advances in perioperative care, radical cystectomy is associated with significant morbidity. Reduction in perioperative morbidity and mortality remains a primary focus of bladder cancer outcome improvement. A number of evidence-based approaches to perioperative care have been proposed to reduce the overall burden of complications associated with radical cystectomy. Herein, we highlight and review recent and evolving evidence-based strategies to minimize the morbidity associated with surgical management of muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, Rowan University School of Medicine, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Tomaszewski
authors.forename: Marc C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Smaldone
mesh_terms: D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D015653:Cystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*