Carolin Siech, Andrea Baudo, Mario de Angelis, Letizia Maria Ippolita Jannello, Francesco Di Bello, Jordan A Goyal, Zhe Tian, Fred Saad, Shahrokh F Shariat, Nicola Longo, Luca Carmignani, Ottavio de Cobelli, Alberto Briganti, Marina Kosiba, Philipp Mandel, Luis A Kluth, Felix K H Chun, Pierre I Karakiewicz
PURPOSE: To assess in-hospital mortality and complication rates after radical cystectomy (RC) in patients with history of heart-valve replacement. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using the National Inpatient Sample (2000-2019), non-metastatic bladder cancer patients undergoing RC were stratified according to history of heart-valve replacement. Regression models (RM) predicted hospital outcomes. RESULTS: Of 25,535 RC patients, 250 (1.0%) harbored history of heart-valve replacement...
March 28, 2024: European Journal of Surgical Oncology