Purpose Frailty has been correlated with worse postoperative outcomes. Prospective studies
examining frailty and bladder cancer are lacking. We aimed to determine whether a …

Background Traditional surgical risk indices are notoriously inaccurate, especially for the
elderly, so there has been a trend to evaluate frailty instead. Objective To describe a …

Radical cystectomy and urinary diversion are the current gold standard of management for
patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. While it is a common urologic procedure, it is …

The frailty syndrome is defined as a decrease in physiological reserve across multiple organ
systems leading to increased vulnerability to external stressors. Studies across surgical …

Background The purpose of this study was to assess patient frailty as a risk factor for radical
cystectomy (RC) complications. Materials and Methods We performed an analysis of …

Frailty has been consistently shown to correlate with worse postoperative outcomes after
radical cystectomy. Although the most effective and efficient method for preoperative …

Background An assessment of surgical risk is essential for patient counseling and decision
making, and it can provide rationale adjustment for patient populations as health care moves …

Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is underutilized in bladder cancer patients who
undergo radical cystectomy. However, the quality of regimens used in this setting remains …

Objective To evaluate the impact of frailty on adverse perioperative outcomes in patients
treated with radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. Material and Methods We identified 9459 …

Background Analyzing the relationship between perioperative outcomes and age in
urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB) patients treated with radical cystectomy (RC) in a …