%0 Journal Article
%T Association between perioperative morbidity and mortality after radical cystectomy: an opportunity to understand the complication snowball effect
%A Joseph J. Pariser
%A Vignesh T. Packiam
%J Archive of "Translational Andrology and Urology".
%D 2019
%R 10.21037/tau.2019.03.16
%X Radical cystectomy (RC) is currently the standard treatment for muscle invasive bladder cancer (1). Perioperative complications after RC have been reported in upwards of 60% of patients (2,3). Perioperative mortality is similarly concerning, with overall rates estimated between 1¨C3% (3,4). As patients age, the 90-day perioperative mortality rate has been shown to increase to 5%, 7%, and 11% in patients 65, 75, and 80 years or greater, respectively (5). While many studies have assessed the incidence of and predictors for complications and mortality for RC, there is a paucity of reports that examine the direct association between complications and mortality (6,7). Therefore, this topic is of importance for further investigation
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6642969/