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The impact of preoperative nutritional status on post-surgical complication and mortality rates in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: a systematic review of the literature.

Paola Irene OrnaghiLuca AfferiAlessandro AntonelliMaria Angela CerrutoKatia OdorizziAlessandra GozzoLivio MordasiniAgostino MatteiPhilipp BaumeisterJulian CorneliusAlessandro TafuriMarco Moschini
Published in: World journal of urology (2020)
High BMI, hypoalbuminemia, and sarcopenia significantly increased the complication rate after RC. Hypoalbuminemia predicted worse 3 year OS and sarcopenia predicted unfavorable 5 year CSS and OS. Preoperative assessment of RC patients' nutritional status is a useful tool to predict perioperative and survival outcomes.
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