Morbidity, mortality, and quality assessment following open radical cystectomy in elderly patients with bladder cancer.

Tommaso Prayer-GalettiMatteo SoligoAlessandro MorlaccoValeria LamiAlex Anh Ly NguyenMassimo IafrateFiliberto Zattoni

Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2020)

Open radical cystectomy (ORC) is a feasible and safe procedure in patients with high-risk non-metastatic bladder cancer. Uro-oncologists should consider evaluating elderly patients for surgery according to a thorough geriatric assessment despite chronological age.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
squamous cell carcinoma
small cell lung cancer
cardiovascular events
risk factors
coronary artery bypass
muscle invasive bladder cancer
hip fracture
type diabetes
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome
atrial fibrillation