Urinary Diversion Disparity Following Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer in the Hispanic Population.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine if disparities in quality of surgical care exist between Hispanics and non-Hispanics undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer.

Materials and methods

An observational cohort study was conducted retrospectively on patients who underwent radical cystectomy for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder at our institution between January 2005 and July 2018. Data was collected on demographic, clinical, and pathological characteristics of patients, including self-reported ethnicity. Univariable and multivariable logistic or linear regression analyses were used to evaluate the association of ethnicity with receipt of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, utilization of laparoscopic surgery, number of lymph nodes removed, and continent urinary diversion.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Rios EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7063861 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature