Purpose To investigate the impact of preoperative nutritional factors [body mass index
(BMI)], hypoalbuminemia (< 3.5 g/dL, sarcopenia) on complication and mortality rates after …

Radical cystectomy is the gold standard treatment for muscle invasive bladder cancer, but
some patients have medically inoperable disease or refuse cystectomy to preserve their …

Objective: To assess the prevalence of frailty, a status of vulnerability to stressors leading to
adverse health events, in bladder cancer patients undergoing radical cystectomy (RC), and …

Background Bladder cancer accounts for the most common type of urologic malignancy and
presents high recurrence rate after surgical resection and adjuvant intravesical therapy. We …

Health-related quality of life in bladder cancer patients: b... : Current Opinion in Urology
Health-related quality of life in bladder cancer patients: bladder cancer-specific instruments …

Objective To evaluate the role of the Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS)
score in the diagnostic pathway of bladder cancer. Methods A systemic search of the …

Purpose To compare the clinical outcomes and patients' health-related quality of life (HR-
QoL) with modified single stoma cutaneous ureterostomy (MCU), bilateral standard …

Due to their specifications, BC-specific instruments need to be used together with general
QoL instruments to assess overall well being and disease-and treatment-specific QoL …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to report and evaluate a laparoscopic surgical
technique for the treatment of parastomal hernia (PSH) after ileal conduit urinary diversion …

Background: The primary strategy for urinary diversion in radical cystectomy patients
involves incorporation of autologous gastrointestinal conduits into the urinary tract which …