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ObjectiveTo determine the success of our clinical care pathway for laparoscopic (LPN) and robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) and to examine factors predictive for success.
Patients and MethodsA retrospective review of our Institutional Review Board‐approved prospectively maintained minimally invasive PN database yielded 263 consecutive minimally invasive PNs from 2003 to 2010.Patient, disease and...
To identify the risk factors for, and complications associated with, the development of delirium after radical cystectomy.From July 2008 to December 2009, 59 patients, aged ≥65 years and undergoing radical cystectomy, were prospectively enrolled. The baseline cognitive status was assessed using the Mini-Mental Status Examination. Postoperative delirium was assessed using the Confusion Assessment Method...
The benefit of routine mechanical bowel preparation for patients undergoing radical cystectomy is not well established. We compared postoperative complications in patients who did or did not undergo mechanical bowel preparation before radical cystectomy. In 2008 a single surgeon (GDS) performed open radical cystectomy with an ileal conduit or orthotopic neobladder in 105 consecutive patients with...
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