Hospital volume is associated with postoperative mortality after radical cystectomy for treatment of bladder cancer.
Anke RichtersTheodora M RippingLambertus A KiemeneyAnna M LeliveldBas W G van RhijnJorg R OddensR Jeroen A van MoorselaarCatharina A Goossens-LaanRichard P MeijerJoost L Boormansnull nullJ Alfred WitjesKatja K H AbenPublished in: BJU international (2021)
This paper, based on high-quality data from a large nationwide population-based cohort, suggests that increasing the RC volume criteria beyond 30 RCs annually could further decrease postoperative mortality. Based on these results, the volume criterion of 20 RCs annually, as recently recommended by the European Association of Urology Guideline Panel, might therefore be reconsidered.