Laura Bukavina, Urologic Oncologist at Cleveland Clinic Urology and Associate Editor of European Urology, posted the following on X:
“Contemporary ileal conduit patients show higher rates of complications than neobladder patients—postoperative (49% vs. 43.6%), wound (4.2% vs. 2.7%), genitourinary (13.1% vs. 10%), and blood transfusions (19% vs. 15.6%). Patient selection bias or improvement in neobladder approach?”
Urinary Diversion Versus Adverse In-Hospital Outcomes After Radical Cystectomy
Authors: Natali Rodriguez Peñaranda, Francesco di Bello, Andrea Marmiroli, Fabian Falkenbach, Mattia Longoni, Quynh Chi Le, Jordan A Goyal, Zhe Tian, Fred Saad, Shahrokh F Shariat, Nicola Longo, Ottavio de Cobelli, Markus Graefen, Alberto Briganti, Felix K H Chun, Giuseppe Stella, Adele Piro, Stefano Puliatti, Salvatore Micali, Pierre I Karakiewicz