Short-term morbidity and mortality following radical cystectomy: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study short-term (<90 days) morbidity and mortality following radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer and identify modifiable risk factors associated with these.

Design

Systematic review.

Methods

The systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. PubMed and EMBASE were searched for relevant papers on 11 June 2019 and rerun on 27 May 2020. Studies reporting complications, reoperations, length of stay and mortality within 90 days were included. Studies were reviewed according to criteria from the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and the quality of evidence was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

Results

The search retrieved 1957 articles. Sixty-six art

SUBMITTER: Maibom SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8054090 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature