Pentafecta for Radical Nephroureterectomy in Patients with High-Risk Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: A Proposal for Standardization of Quality Care Metrics.

ABSTRACT: Measuring quality of care indicators is important for clinicians and decision making in health care to improve patient outcomes. The primary objective was to identify quality of care indicators for patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) and to validate these in an international cohort treated with radical nephroureterectomy (RNU). The secondary objective was to assess the factors associated with failure to validate the pentafecta. We performed a retrospective multicenter study of patients treated with RNU for EAU high-risk (HR) UTUC. Five quality indicators were consensually approved, including a negative surgical margin, a complete bladder-cuff resection, the absence of hematological complications, the absence of major complications, and the absence of a 12-month postoperat

SUBMITTER: Konig F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8997024 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature